Sentence examples for definitive possession from inspiring English sources
The most powerful institution in human history -- the global corporation -- may soon take definitive possession of our electoral process.
One of the definitive possessions came with 4 minutes 23 seconds left.
Not definitive, just definite.
Yet traditional art history can no more claim possession of a definitive "truth" about Caravaggio's life and art than other more wayward interpretations.
Actually, Kant belied his own professions at the time insofar as he thought himself in possession of a definitive proof of God's existence, which he explained in his essay Der einzig mögliche Beweisgrund zu einer Demonstration des Daseyns Gottes (1763; "The Only Possible Ground for a Demonstration of the Existence of God").
This trumped the earlier discovery as the oldest known evidence of definitive maleness -- a state that possession of a penis puts beyond doubt.
At Kew, Bentham participated in the Gardens' definitive survey of floras of the British colonies and possessions, for which he prepared the Flora Hongkongensis (1861) and the Flora Australiensis (7 vol., 1863 78), cataloging and describing more than 7,000 species.
Emilia knows that Iago wants it, and she passes it along, not realizing that Othello will consider it definitive proof of his wife's infidelity when he finds it in Cassio's possession, thanks to Iago.
By the preliminary Peace of Nikolsburg (July 26) and the definitive Treaty of Prague (August 23), Francis Joseph was permitted to retain all of his possessions except Venetia, which had been promised to the Italians.
Possession: Macclesfield 47%.
