Showing Results for "owning"

owning

ADJECTIVE

occupying

Synonyms

STRONG

commanding controlling covering holding maintaining obtaining permeating pervading placed possessing posted remaining residing resting sitting situated staying tenanting

WEAK

assigned to living in settled on taking up

Antonyms

WEAK

gone leaving removing

ADJECTIVE

retaining

Synonyms

STRONG

accommodating arresting cherishing commemorating confining embracing employing engaging having hiring holding keeping possessing preserving remembering reserving restraining saving securing seizing suppressing sustaining taking treasuring withholding working

WEAK

holding back

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The point is that owning a $500,000 investment ski lodge is a lot of work.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 9, 2026

The Guardian newspaper once quoted him as saying: "I've always said what's the point in owning a sweet shop if you can't eat a few sweets."

From BBC • Jun. 8, 2026

Leonor had not seen herself owning a quinceañera business but was thrust into it.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 7, 2026

Some investors seeking broader exposure to digital assets may prefer a crypto index fund over owning separate spot bitcoin and Ethereum ETFs.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 7, 2026

To the Americans, owning and controlling property was the difference between freedom and slavery.

From "Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science" by Marc Aronson

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