Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English.
Note: 'Its' is a third person singular possessive determiner.
You use ~ to indicate that something belongs or relates to a thing, place, or animal that has just been mentioned or whose identity is known. You can use ~ to indicate that something belongs or relates to a child or baby.
The British Labor Party concludes ~ annual conference today in Brighton.
...Japan, with ~ extreme housing shortage...
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