possess
Example Sentences
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Certain birds possess impressive individual talents—memorizing where hundreds of caches of food are buried, navigating thousands of miles over oceans—but do any species excel across the board?
From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026
While Musk's AI ambitions have struggled amid a spate of controversies, SpaceX's rocket business and Starlink are considered leaders in the industry – both possess a comfortable lead over the competition.
From BBC • May 20, 2026
Iranian-backed armed groups equipped with drones are based in Iraq, while Tehran's allies in Yemen -- the Houthi rebels -- also possess combat-grade UAVs.
From Barron's • May 17, 2026
The alias has been used by a number of different characters over the years, but they all usually possess shape-shifting abilities due to their clay-like bodies.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 22, 2026
He had seemed eager to possess it, and now he did, as much as it pained me to admit that.
From "Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky" by Kwame Mbalia
Vocabulary lists containing possess
The SAT: Language of the Test, List 6
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Christmas Carol Vocab: A Lyrical Lexicon
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The New SAT: The Language of the Test
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