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ownership

[oh-ner-ship] / ˈoʊ nərˌʃɪp /


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The development group bought its land from numerous wealthy companies and families who claimed ownership.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026

By the mid-1980s, the hotel had passed through a period of city ownership and was closed.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2026

Advocates and local leaders have raised similar concerns in Dublin, another Bay Area city where federal officials are working to transfer ownership of a former prison.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026

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

Only two of those cases mentioned the people those cells came from: the first, in 1976, involved ownership of an important human-fetal-cell line.

From "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot




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