personal effects
plural noun
: privately owned items (such as clothing and jewelry) normally worn or carried on the person
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put all of your personal effects in the bin so that they can be x-rayed
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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.
—Rachel Monroe, The New Yorker, 18 Mar. 2024
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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.
—Rachel Monroe, The New Yorker, 18 Mar. 2024
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“Personal effects.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/personal%20effects. Accessed 29 May. 2024.
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