possess
Example Sentences
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While American rail companies possess advanced AI tools, foreign competitors are moving aggressively to exploit structural advantages.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 9, 2026
Texas counties only possess powers explicitly granted by the Legislature, he wrote, and Hood County did not even have powers to require a concept plan.
From Salon • Jun. 6, 2026
Octopuses possess chemoreceptors that allow them to smell and taste through touch, which could have affected the results if real prey had been used during testing.
From Science Daily • Jun. 5, 2026
He has constantly maintained that when jurists interpret statutes, words are to be given the meaning that an ordinary English speaker would have understood them to possess when Congress enacted the statute.
From Slate • Jun. 3, 2026
She couldn’t imagine any good coming of her continuing to possess the poor girl, but she was also desperate to speak with her.
From "Ophie's Ghosts" by Justina Ireland
Vocabulary lists containing possess
The SAT: Language of the Test, List 6
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Christmas Carol Vocab: A Lyrical Lexicon
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The New SAT: The Language of the Test
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