owns (up to)

verb

present tense third-person singular of own (up to)
as in confesses
to accept the truth or existence of (something) usually reluctantly owned up to damaging the car

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  1. confesses
  2. admits
  3. acknowledges
  4. concedes
Verb
  • Then Armand confesses to Molloy that, actually, he’s been in love with him for decades.
    — Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 1 July 2026
  • This season Judy Trammell, the squad’s head choreographer, confesses to reading Reddit comments about the team.
    — Savannah Walsh, Vanity Fair, 17 June 2026
Definition of confesses
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  • Mets owner Steve Cohen admits that David Stearns’ track record in Queens has been inconsistent, but says the exec is safe through at least the end of his contract, which runs through the 2028 season.
    — Levi Weaver, New York Times, 2 July 2026
  • Jordan admits that without the pet's real-time location, the dog could easily have been hit.
    — Kelli Bender, PEOPLE, 2 July 2026
Definition of admits
Verb
  • The federal government acknowledges the limitations of N95s in its educational material for firefighters.
    — Noah Haggerty, Los Angeles Times, 2 July 2026
  • The company that manufactures the hardware powering the AI revolution acknowledges that the technology is more expensive than the people it was supposed to augment.
    — Jemma Green, Forbes.com, 2 July 2026
Definition of acknowledges
Verb
  • The media business always goes through some splitting of cells — meiosis and mitosis — but every industry leader concedes that consolidation is especially needed today.
    — Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, Fortune, 30 June 2026
  • The waiver concedes a major point of potential leverage at the start of these 60-day talks.
    — Ruth Sherlock, NPR, 19 June 2026
Definition of concedes
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“Owns (up to).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/owns%20%28up%20to%29. Accessed 8 Jul. 2026.

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