public ownership
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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“Without creating a genuinely level playing field, public ownership risks becoming a holding position rather than restoring competitiveness,” Sawicz says.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 12, 2026
It will come back under public ownership on 13 December.
From BBC • May 8, 2026
"In the short term, it needs to come into public ownership so that the business can make its own decisions about its future. And that future may well involve new investors or new owners."
From BBC • Apr. 12, 2026
Great British Railways is a public body which is in the process of being set up, and is part of the government's plans to bring parts of the railway system into public ownership.
From BBC • Nov. 22, 2025
“Say, boy, what do you think of public ownership? Do you think the government ought to build houses for people to live in?”
From "Native Son" by Richard Wright
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