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possessing

ADJECTIVE

occupying

Synonyms

STRONG

commanding controlling covering holding maintaining obtaining owning permeating pervading placed 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 owning preserving remembering reserving restraining saving securing seizing suppressing sustaining taking treasuring withholding working

WEAK

holding back

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A man has been arrested on suspicion of a public order offence and possessing an offensive weapon close to Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor's home in Norfolk.

From BBC • May 7, 2026

In that matter, Keenan was prosecuting a felon for illegally possessing a handgun.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 7, 2026

Dimona hosts a facility widely believed to possess the Middle East's sole nuclear arsenal, although Israel has never confirmed possessing nuclear weapons.

From Barron's • Mar. 22, 2026

The U.S. population, by contrast, is around 342 million — making the share of Americans possessing passports just above half the total population.

From Salon • Mar. 18, 2026

All we have to be is eighteen or older, bondable, possessing a car and a home phone and having one year of Minnesota residency.

From "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America" by Barbara Ehrenreich

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