How to Use ownership in a Sentence

ownership

noun
  • The company is under private ownership.
  • The ownership piece of it is huge.
    — Kirk Kenney, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Nov. 2025
  • Japan has some of the world’s strictest laws on gun ownership.
    — Adam Taylor, Washington Post, 20 Apr. 2023
  • Why has ownership talk flared up again?
    — Dan Sheldon, New York Times, 11 Oct. 2025
  • Got to have an ownership stake.
    — Lia Russell, Sacbee.com, 19 May 2026
  • And the new ownership team is going to keep their eye on the ball.
    — A Martínez, NPR, 31 Mar. 2025
  • Then Towns took ownership of the night.
    — C.j. Holmes, New York Daily News, 6 June 2026
  • The ownership has since changed.
    — Claire Harutunian, Charlotte Observer, 16 June 2026
  • The state’s farm groups are split on the land ownership issue.
    — David J. Lynch, Anchorage Daily News, 5 Apr. 2023
  • The new ownership group says upgrades are in the works.
    — George Avalos, Mercury News, 25 Sep. 2025
  • That matters most when ownership is meant to last.
    — Anthony A. Luna, Forbes.com, 26 May 2026
  • We haven’t been told no (by ownership) very often, if at all.
    — Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 24 Feb. 2026
  • That was the end of the story for our ownership group but not, of course, for me.
    — Neal B. Freeman, National Review, 1 June 2023
  • Not just new apps, but new ownership models.
    — Ilona Limonta-Volkova, Forbes.com, 26 Jan. 2026
  • There’s also been a lot of ownership turnover.
    — Eben Novy-Williams, Sportico.com, 2 Mar. 2026
  • But ownership was an unknown to us.
    — David Aldridge, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025
  • In the current ownership era, the Reds are none of those things.
    — Paul Daugherty, The Enquirer, 15 Mar. 2022
  • This creative freedom gives them a sense of ownership and pride in their work.
    — Nathan Green, Rolling Stone, 7 Feb. 2025
  • That's the last year for which Hermès broke out his ownership of the firm.
    — Megan Cerullo, CBS News, 22 Dec. 2023
  • These costs add to the rising price of pet ownership overall.
    — Lucy Notarantonio, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Oct. 2025
  • These are often the projects that matter most but don’t yet have clear ownership.
    — Sho Dewan, Forbes.com, 24 May 2026
  • The other big change is the increase in home ownership.
    — Allison Schrager, Boston Herald, 31 Aug. 2025
  • Two weeks ago, the couple moved in, and they are getting used to the joys of home ownership.
    — Kate Talerico, The Mercury News, 15 Apr. 2024
  • The city didn’t take ownership then but was willing to now, Rinde told the board.
    — Graham Womack may 18, Sacbee.com, 18 May 2026
  • Home ownership is as rare as hitting the lottery.
    — Eileen Torres, New York Daily News, 23 Feb. 2026
  • No one takes ownership of defining or treating it.
    — Liz Koch, STAT, 6 Apr. 2026
  • History made for a team and ownership group that has been making a lot of it.
    — Jim Vertuno, Chicago Tribune, 2 Mar. 2026
  • People bring in their own people, their new ownership.
    — Shania Russell, Entertainment Weekly, 8 June 2026
  • And the new ownership group appears happy to be courted by the trio.
    — Chris Bumbaca, USA TODAY, 7 Sep. 2023
  • What is an apology if not ownership over this side of the story?
    — Literary Hub, 27 Apr. 2026

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