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is owning

  • present progressive of own (3rd person singular).

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The reward is owning the bottleneck inside the bottleneck.

From MarketWatch Apr. 30, 2026

Bill Gross declares that indexing isn’t buying the market—it is owning just a few stocks, all betting on a single AI theme.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 22, 2026

“I think part of growing up is owning what you want to do and trying it and being like, ‘If I fail, well, that’s on me.

From Seattle Times Mar. 15, 2023

But part of being a quarterback is owning all of it, and in that way, Daniels showed little rust in his reaction to his first loss in 20 months.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 14, 2018

He doesn’t seem to have any sense of shame, and will fairly chuckle in my father’s face as he is owning up to some piece of roguery.”

From Stories by American Authors, Volume 7 by Various