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ownership

[oh-ner-ship] / ˈoʊ nərˌʃɪp /


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My sister thinks Medicaid will take the house my mom and I own together, claiming half of its value every year and effectively reducing my portion of ownership to nothing.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 10, 2026

But these revitalized Knicks—for decades themselves a Schadenfreudist’s delight, a faded franchise with crabby ownership and aggrieved fans—are giving even skeptical out-of-towners a case of the Manhattan warm ’n’ fuzzies.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2026

Maresca's final six months at Chelsea were marked by a fractured relationship with the club's ownership.

From BBC • Jun. 8, 2026

Investors can gain cryptocurrency exposure without direct ownership through plain-vanilla crypto ETFs, infrastructure funds and managed accounts.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 7, 2026

When the rough edges are worn off the new land, businessmen and lawyers come in to help with the development—to solve problems of ownership, usually by removing the temptations to themselves.

From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck




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