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personal effects
plural noun
: privately owned items (such as clothing and jewelry) normally worn or carried on the person
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Examples of personal effects in a Sentence
put all of your personal effects in the bin so that they can be x-rayed
Recent Examples on the Web
When the Jersey Pride completed its trip, his family started calling Bart, the captain, seeking answers and Brian’s personal effects.
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C.j. Chivers James Patrick Cronin Elena Hecht Anna Diamond Quinton Kamara, New York Times, 6 June 2024
But personal effects were not the magnet that drew members of families to the edge of the once-beautiful residential district.
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Jerome Hansen, Jack Schermerhorn, Ralph Nelson and Ken McCormick, Detroit Free Press, 6 Apr. 2024
Monroe had left her personal effects and the bulk of her intellectual property to her acting teacher Lee Strasberg.
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Rachel Monroe, The New Yorker, 18 Mar. 2024
And what to do with the fact that Freda B. herself had no choice in the decision to photograph her suitcase, to have her personal effects displayed for everyone to see?
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Seyward Darby, Longreads, 13 Mar. 2024
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Word History
First Known Use
1818, in the meaning defined above
Dictionary Entries Near personal effects
Cite this Entry
“Personal effects.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/personal%20effects. Accessed 16 Jun. 2024.
Kids Definition
personal effects
plural noun
: privately owned items (as clothing or jewelry) normally worn or carried on the person
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