owning

Example Sentences

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Dana shareholders will end up owning 49.9% of the new entity.

From Barron's • Jun. 11, 2026

They’d only need to have studied stock-market history to guess that a few of the era’s highfliers might be worth owning, but almost certainly not most of them.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026

Perpetual futures let traders bet on an asset’s price without owning it.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 10, 2026

In addition to owning CBS’ late-night block, he also took over the 12:35 a.m. slot with his comic game show, “Funny You Should Ask.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 8, 2026

He told the story, once again, of how they had been within one last payment of owning the seven acres outright.

From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson