ownership

noun

Definition of ownershipnext
as in control
the state or fact of owning something Home ownership is on the rise in this country. The café is now under new ownership.

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Recent Examples of ownership The state purchased Pimlico in 2024 in a transfer of ownership to renovate and turn the race course into the permanent home of Maryland's thoroughbred racing. — Adam Thompson, CBS News, 2 July 2026 Preserving slave ownership, along with resisting political overreach from Mexico City, were principal reasons that the Mexican state of Texas fought to break free of Mexico. — Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 2 July 2026 It had been widely anticipated to proceed with a 20% flotation this summer, after the German and French governments came to an agreement earlier this month on joint ownership of the maker of Leopard ​2 tanks and Caesar howitzers. — Elsa Ohlen, CNBC, 2 July 2026 Pew Research has documented that Millennials — particularly the elder cohort — lead all other generations not just in technology ownership but in behavioral integration of technology into professional life. — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 3 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for ownership
Recent Examples of Synonyms for ownership
  1. control
  2. keeping
  3. proprietorship
  4. possession
  5. power
Noun
  • Steer clear of puddles - Driving into puddles or low areas of rainwater can cause vehicles to hydroplane or skid out of control.
    — KANSAS CITY STAR WEATHER BOT, Kansas City Star, 4 July 2026
  • With Australia closing in on a winner in regulation with its young attack, Egypt settled in over the final 20 minutes or so to regain control of possession and find the more consistent threats on goal.
    — Nick Harris, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 3 July 2026
Definition of control
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  • Most enterprise data pipelines were designed for batch reporting and structured record-keeping, not for the real-time, context-rich consumption that probabilistic AI models require to produce trustworthy outputs.
    — Rohit Kedia, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026
  • Prices have since eased, but household chicken-keeping has not retreated with them.
    — Ryan Brennan, Charlotte Observer, 30 June 2026
Definition of keeping
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  • Those colours, as worn by Newton Heath — the club formed in 1878 who became Manchester United in 1902 — would become a symbol of the fight against the Glazers’ proprietorship.
    — Chris McKenna, New York Times, 1 Feb. 2026
  • The New York Times described its methodology for producing the list, which started with selecting the criteria against which stores would be judged, including inventory, curation, proprietorship, customer service, ambience, location and payoff.
    — Adrienne Roberts, Freep.com, 3 Dec. 2025
Definition of proprietorship
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  • Mogbo grabbed the rebound, setting up Sacramento’s final possession.
    — Jason Anderson, Sacbee.com, 5 July 2026
  • The score might not suggest dominance, but Colombia controlled the game from the outset and held possession for nearly two-thirds of the match.
    — Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star, 4 July 2026
Definition of possession
Noun
  • Junior Caminero has already done some things no Rays players had ever accomplished, such as extending his sizzling power show on Friday to include hitting 10 home runs over a 10-game span.
    — Marc Topkin, The Orlando Sentinel, 5 July 2026
  • Plus, the power port includes three electrical outlets and three USB ports for powering appliances, speakers, and other devices.
    — Toni Sutton, PEOPLE, 5 July 2026
Definition of power

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“Ownership.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ownership. Accessed 8 Jul. 2026.

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