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Something that one owns. Also: Territory ruled by an outside country.

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Usage examples (28)
  • No matter how little money and how few possessions you own, having a dog makes you rich.
  • In flying into Mexico from NOB, in possession is an FM3 that was not stamped upon exiting Mexico the last time he left Mexico.
  • Taken in the first sense, the term possession signifies rational possession; and, in the second sense, it must mean empirical possession.
  • He goes into what we call possession over the foot.
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