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- verb Present participle of
possess .
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Examples
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He appeared on the screen, his expression possessing that odd combination of severity and compassion that Calhoun knew only too well.
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The true measure of that Prize should not be in possessing it to shield dictatorships from scrutiny, but in using it to help free humanity from the yoke of oppression.
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The true measure of that Prize should not be in possessing it to shield dictatorships from scrutiny, but in using it to help free humanity from the yoke of oppression.
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Its “emotional appeal” lay in possessing what “others do not and generally cannot enjoy” (39).
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Now, however, I am fortunate in possessing coining presses in my mint, made upon the same system as those employed in European countries ....
Connecting Histories in Afghanistan: Market Relations and State Formation on a Colonial Frontier
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A lucky few drank its sap, a sort of holy manna they described as possessing a lingering sweetness.
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Feminism is not unique in possessing these contradictory impulses.
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Tainotherium differs from other West Indian species in possessing a large femoral head, a proximally angled femoral neck, a short greater trochanter and a medially positioned lesser trochanter unconnected by an intertrochanteric crest, and a transversely flattened, anteroposteriorly bowed shaft lacking well-defined ridges.
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Hornbills are also unusual in possessing a unique ligament – the quadratomandibular ligament – that connects the body of the quadrate with the inside surface of the lower jaw.
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Hornbills are also unusual in possessing a unique ligament – the quadratomandibular ligament – that connects the body of the quadrate with the inside surface of the lower jaw.
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