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possess

Definition for possess

verb as in have or obtain

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The fossil evidence also hints that the animal may have possessed small appendages for picking up and arranging mineral grains.

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“It’s really an acknowledgment of that sovereignty that we possess as tribes, to be able to come together and have this body that directly engages with the federal government,” he said.

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This success marks a stunning turnaround: In December 2024, he was sentenced to 23 months in prison after pleading guilty to possessing weapons as a felon.

Ammunition to cause trouble had just arrived a few months earlier from Moody’s: The rating agency now possessed, and offered for sale, all sorts of new information about subprime mortgage loans.

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But then, at her trial in September, she unexpectedly pleaded guilty to illegally acquiring and possessing the cryptocurrency.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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