Example Sentences

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The first nation to develop a quantum computer capable of breaking classical cryptography will possess capabilities that make current cybersecurity look like a screen door on a submarine.

From MarketWatch • Dec. 23, 2025

The Dodgers are hopeful that, even after two significant elbow surgeries, he still will possess much of his old, wicked stuff.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 22, 2024

The Utes will possess the best football program in the Big 12 the minute they enter the conference on Aug. 2.

From Seattle Times • May 17, 2024

You can’t actually foresee your child’s gender—let alone how they will choose to express it or the qualities they will possess as a human being.

From Slate • May 7, 2024

It will possess an increasing passion for getting hold of the real things in a real world.

From Following the Color Line an account of Negro citizenship in the American democracy by Grayson, David