Why is used THEIR????
If someone got lost wandering in the woods, it wouldn't take much time and effort for that person to find THEIR way out due to THEIR mobile pnone's GPS and Internet connection.
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It's called the singular they. It is very common. English doesn't have a pronoun to refer to a person of unknown or unspecified gender. Therefore we commonly use 'they' to refer to such a person. Your other option is to use he/she which in many cases doesn't sound very elegant. And it's certainly more of a mouthful to say.
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Their implies possession or ownership, but it doesn't have to be a physical object. It can be an abstraction.
They brought their favorite movie over to watch.
He brought over his favorite movie.
If a person brings over their favorite movie . . .
Person although singular switches to their.
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