possesses

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However, it also wants to send "a continuous signal that it possesses a fundamentally different deterrent posture from Iran's".

From Barron's • Apr. 27, 2026

Some of these weapons can be replaced by far cheaper, slightly less capable systems that the U.S. possesses in large quantity.

From Slate • Apr. 24, 2026

The column contends that while Becerra possesses impressive credentials and accomplishments, voters select leaders based on personality and emotional energy rather than demonstrated competence alone.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 23, 2026

Her writing has always been evocative and incisive, and her economical prose in this book possesses the same kind of rhythms she describes in the music, poetry, film or other art she illustrates.

From Salon • Apr. 14, 2026

Offhand, I cannot think of any important human disease for which medicine possesses the outright capacity to prevent or cure where the cost of the technology is itself a major problem.

From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas