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  1. Possessing

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of possessing in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of possessing in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of possessing in a Sentence

  1. Eugene Delacroix:

    What makes men of genius, or rather, what they make, is not new ideas, it is that idea - possessing them - that what has been said has still not been said enough.

  2. Herbert Clark Hoover:

    Once upon a time my political opponents honored me as possessing the fabulous intellectual and economic power by which I created a world-wide depression all by myself.

  3. Aristotle:

    Dignity consists not in possessing honors, but in the consciousness that we deserve them.

  4. President Biden:

    As I often said during my campaign for president, no one should be in jail just for using or possessing marijuana, sending people to prison for possessing marijuana has upended too many lives and incarcerated people for conduct that many states no longer prohibit.

  5. David Bennett:

    A new record price for a ruby, in over 40 years, I cannot recall ever having seen another Burmese ruby of this exceptional size possessing such outstanding colour.

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