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possessory

[puh-zes-uh-ree] / pəˈzɛs ə ri /


Example Sentences

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If Wright gets hit with possessory taxes, she doesn’t see those older units as a simple solution.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 23, 2023

“It seems to recognize that a former president has a possessory interest in terms of documents.”

From Washington Post • Sep. 5, 2022

The part of these dating codes that I dislike is the possessory interest it gives our friends over third parties.

From New York Times • Aug. 23, 2018

TV does that—that powerful, possessory bond with the audience.

From The New Yorker • Sep. 21, 2015

Massachusetts, New York, and Connecticut claimed largely, but without possessory right.

From The Relations of the Federal Government to Slavery Delivered at Fort Wayne, Ind., October 30th 1860 by Edgerton, Joseph K. (Joseph Ketchum)