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  1. List of paraphrases for "possesses":

    owns, has, possessed, holds

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  1. Simone Weil:

    Force is as pitiless to the man who possesses it, or thinks he does, as it is to its victims; the second it crushes, the first it intoxicates. The truth is, nobody really possesses it.

  2. Edith Sodergran:

    The inner fire is the most important thing mankind possesses.

  3. Paul Hamill from UBS:

    Nicola is extremely talented and possesses a broad range of experience in fixed income markets, she will play a key role in further growing our fixed income market-making business globally and we are thrilled she will be joining us.

  4. Charlotte Brontë:

    But this I know; the writer who possesses the creative gift owns something of which he is not always master -- something that at times strangely wills and works for itself. If the result be attractive, the World will praise you, who little deserve praise; if it be repulsive, the same World will blame you, who almost as little deserve blame.

  5. President Vladimir Putin:

    Today, we have a unique situation in our new and recent history. They (other countries) are trying to catch up with us. Not a single country possesses hypersonic weapons, let alone continental-range hypersonic weapons.


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