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possessing

ADJECTIVE

occupying

Synonyms

STRONG

commanding controlling covering holding maintaining obtaining owning permeating pervading placed posted remaining residing resting sitting situated staying tenanting

WEAK

assigned to living in settled on taking up

Antonyms

WEAK

gone leaving removing

ADJECTIVE

retaining

Synonyms

STRONG

accommodating arresting cherishing commemorating confining embracing employing engaging having hiring holding keeping owning preserving remembering reserving restraining saving securing seizing suppressing sustaining taking treasuring withholding working

WEAK

holding back

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He also faces a charge of possessing a knife in a public place in Golders Green.

From BBC • May 1, 2026

In that case, a jury found Ryan Thomas Cahill guilty in November 2025 of felony receiving or possessing retail property obtained by organized retail theft exceeding $100,000, according to published reports.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 19, 2026

A system may perform highly sophisticated computations without possessing any subjective experience at all.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 25, 2026

Dimona hosts a facility widely believed to possess the Middle East's sole nuclear arsenal, although Israel has never confirmed possessing nuclear weapons.

From Barron's • Mar. 22, 2026

So they relied completely upon cavalry, since for possessing only a reasonable number of horsemen they were provided for and honoured.

From "The Prince" by Niccolò Machiavelli

possessing

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