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Discover LudwigThe phrase "actually possess" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to emphasize the reality or truth of having something, often in contrast to what might be assumed or believed.
Example: "Many people think they understand the concept, but only a few actually possess the necessary skills to apply it effectively."
Alternatives: "truly have" or "really own".
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This argues that people have three types of self: the "ideal" self, which is what we hope to become; the "ought" self, which is how we think we should behave to achieve the ideal self; and the actual self, which is the extent to which we actually possess these desired attributes.
Higgin's self discrepancy theory postulates that each person has three basic domains of selves; the actual selve (e.g. describes what attributes an individual believes they actually possess), the ideal selve (the characteristics that an individual would ideally like to possess in the future) and the ought selve (the attributes that an individual believes they ought to or should possess).
You don't have to clean and organise things you don't actually possess.
Then again, George may not actually possess normal capacities for feeling.
Like any subtitled offering from the continent, your brain imbues it with more sophistication than it might actually possess.
"It's possible that we attribute far too much control to executives relative to what they actually possess," Mr. Dalton said.
But once it became clear that it did not actually possess such weapons then this obviously collapsed.
It turns out that I actually possess the one trait that this kind of venture requires: good organizational skills.
Several commentators have debated whether this is anatomically possible as, unlike turkeys or chickens, geese do not actually possess a crop.
In 2002, the practice helped blind U.S. intelligence officials to the International Atomic Energy Agency's evidence that Iraq did not actually possess weapons of mass destruction.
The same is true of opponents of the drone war, who sometimes lay claim to much more knowledge than they actually possess.
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