- present participle of possess.
possessing
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Without proper context, grounding, and safeguards, “the LLM agent is a virtually unlimited liability, possessing a nearly unbounded destructive potential and a blast radius that tends towards infinity,” he writes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 3, 2026
It comes after three students were caught wearing or possessing smart glasses during institution-administered essay exams at universities in Seoul.
From Barron's ● Oct. 30, 2026
Deitch describes McGee as possessing “a unique kind of charisma.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 29, 2026
In an interview with the Daily Mail, Thomas Markle denied possessing child sex images, calling the accusations "sick lies".
From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2026
And godless though I am, the fact of being human, the fact of possessing the gift of study, and thus being remarkable among all the matter floating through the cosmos, still awes me.
From "Between the World and Me" by Ta-Nehisi Coates
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