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The question of whether AI models can or do possess consciousness has continued.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026

That idea clashes with the classical expectation that each particle should possess its own separate physical reality, a feature of quantum mechanics that famously troubled Albert Einstein.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 29, 2026

The new law bars sellers from advertising, listing or selling tickets they don’t possess or have the legal right to receive, unless the event’s presenter or venue allows it.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 28, 2026

The criminals also appear to possess highly sensitive medical information relating to thousands of special agents.

From BBC ● Sep. 25, 2026

A dark wisp of smoke—Percy guessed it must be an eidolon—seeped into a Cyclops, made the monster hit himself in the face, then drifted off to possess another victim.

From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan

But it also possesses long, continuously growing incisors and several distinctive skull features seen in zalambdalestoids, a group of small, shrew-like insectivore mammals.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 28, 2026

"Markets aggregate information no committee possesses, and prices are how that information reaches decision makers," Druckenmiller said in a Wall Street Journal op-ed last month.

From Barron's ● Sep. 9, 2026

Now Gauff possesses a serve which is a serious weapon - even though she still leaks some double faults.

From BBC ● Sep. 2, 2026

China alone possesses a manufacturing base far larger than America’s.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 30, 2026

Offhand, I cannot think of any important human disease for which medicine possesses the outright capacity to prevent or cure where the cost of the technology is itself a major problem.

From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas

The plea agreement referenced at least two other victims, including one identified as E.Z., who Iza believed possessed a laptop containing large amount of cryptocurrency.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 5, 2026

The letter said automotive suppliers already possessed many of the capabilities needed to support aircraft, defence equipment and military vehicles, but warned firms needed help to make the transition.

From BBC ● Sep. 20, 2026

These features indicate that Montsecosuchus already possessed an efficient respiratory system that shared certain similarities with those of modern crocodiles.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 15, 2026

When Regan cheerfully tells another disturbed child, “I was possessed by a demon. Oh, it’s OK. He’s gone!” ridicule is the correct response.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026

“What possessed you to tell those stories about my saddle, and the hats and boots, and all the rest of it?”

From "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott

In 2020, North Korea made possessing foreign media a crime punishable by years-long forced labour terms –- and potential death sentences for large-scale distribution, according to Amnesty International.

From Barron's ● Sep. 28, 2026

What it exposed was the difference between possessing world-level talent and having the conditioning, experience and ring craft required to manage a 12-round world-title fight.

From BBC ● Aug. 30, 2026

If a relatively simple machine can produce behavior that looks intentional without possessing a decision-making system, could human behavior also appear to result from centralized decisions even if no such central process exists?

From Science Daily ● Aug. 25, 2026

York, 45, pleaded no contest to charges of disorderly conduct and possessing criminal tools, Columbiana County Municipal Court records show.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 24, 2026

In chapter 4 we reminded ourselves of the many ways in which big domestic mammals were crucial to those human societies possessing them.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond