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The phrase "are possessing" is grammatically correct but not commonly used in written English.
It can be used in contexts where you want to indicate that someone or something currently has possession of something, often in a more formal or literary style.
Example: "The individuals are possessing the necessary skills to complete the project successfully."
Alternatives: "have" or "hold".
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They are possessing us and yet they are allowing us the gift of not thinking ourselves possessed at all.
"Arrest after arrest of people who are possessing or abusing Suboxone, who don't have a prescription for it, who are shooting it up and who are snorting it".
County Executive Andrew J. Spano recently sent letters to 640,000 households with teenagers, warning, "More and more of our youth are possessing the drug, taking the drug, selling the drug and either getting sick or being arrested as a result".
The advantages of nano-TiO2 are possessing suitable thermal transition qualities in the drilling fluid.
Friction stir processed surface composites are possessing higher hardness and wear resistance than that of TIG arc processed composites.
Fungi from anaerobic environments (e.g. Piromyces, Neocallimastix[12], Orpinomyces, Anaeromyces[10]) are possessing fibrolytic activity and are able to enhance the digestibility of fibrous feeds as was documented for cattle [34], as well as wild-living herbivores like buffalo [35] and elephants [9].
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We are possessed.
It possesses them, or they are possessed by it.
"He's a grinder, and he's possessed the way great entrepreneurs are possessed".
They are possessed of an innate ability to inspire.
"They are possessed by Satan," the Pastor chanted.
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