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Yes, the word 'their' is a possessive adjective, a form of pronoun that is placed before a noun to describe that noun as belonging to two or more people or things.
The possessive adjectives are: my, your, his, her, their, its.
A possessive adjective is does not function the same as a possessive pronoun.
A possessive pronoun takes the place of a noun that belongs to someone or something.
The possessive pronouns are: mine, yours, his, hers, its, ours, theirs.
For example, "It is their work." In this sentence their is a possessive adjective because it modifies the noun work. Whose work? Their work. It tells more about it so functions as an adjective.
Theirs is a possessive pronoun because it takes the place of the noun in the sentence, which is how a pronoun functions. "Whose work is this? It's theirs." Theirs is the pronoun because it refers back to and takes the place of the noun (its antecedent) work.
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