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English word

ownership

B2Frequent NGSL-3
UK /ˈəʊnəʃɪp/US /ˈəʊnərʃɪp/
noun

the fact of owning something

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The Danger of a Single Story | Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie | TED
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She had not only read the book, but she had taken ownership of it and felt justified in telling me what to write in the sequel.

The Danger of a Single Story

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I would like to give the public access to ownership of SpaceX, but the thing is that the overhead associated with a public company is high.

Elon Musk: A future worth getting excited about (TED 2022)Sentence 640 · Pro

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