private ownership
Example Sentences
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"This is an attack on my private ownership and my artist's work... if they confiscate it," he told AFP.
From Barron's ● Sep. 11, 2026
Montreal-based Compulsion Games and San Francisco-based Double Fine Productions will be spun out and returned to private ownership.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 6, 2026
The characterization departs from how political scientists typically define communism, which is generally understood as an ideology centered on collective ownership of the means of production and the elimination of private ownership of productive assets.
From Salon ● Jun. 27, 2026
The Abersoch beach huts, along with a section of land directly in front of them, are under private ownership, and Cyngor Gwynedd is not involved or responsible for digging the huts out of the sand.
From BBC ● Feb. 4, 2026
He had reduced private ownership of land, nationalized certain sectors of the economy, pioneered rapid industrialization, democratized education, and built a modem army.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
