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own

[ohn] / oʊn /






Example Sentences

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In the home, a rich family might have one of the new phonographs that played music stored on wax cylinders, but most families were still making their own music, using sheet music or songbooks.

From The Wall Street Journal

Amazon’s stock is in a bear market of its own.

From The Wall Street Journal

The authors noted that the conclusions presented are their own and do not necessarily reflect the official views of the National Institutes of Health.

From Science Daily

Rachel Reid addressed this in an “Ask Me Anything” on Reddit, explaining that while she didn’t initially write Shane as neurodivergent, after her own experience parenting a neurodivergent child, she came to see him differently.

From Salon

He knew how to comment on his own fame without ever getting swallowed up by it.

From Salon