belonging
noun
be·long·ing
bi-ˈlȯŋ-iŋ 
bē-
1
: possession
—usually used in plural
2
: close or intimate relationship
a sense of belonging
belongingness
noun
Examples of belonging in a Sentence
the warm welcome they received from the community gave them a sense of belonging
packed up all their belongings and moved across the country
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As my family began the tender process of sorting through her belongings, my mom mailed me an Easter basket of goodies.
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Jailynn Taylor, Essence, 11 June 2025
The video released Monday appears to have been recovered by the Israeli military from the belongings of Palestinian militants, according to the watermark on the video.
—Jeremy Diamond, CNN Money, 9 June 2025
Each packing cube is designed to keep your belongings organized by separating clothes, shoes, and toiletries into neat compartments, which makes accessing your belongings easy and even fun.
—Nicol Natale, People.com, 9 June 2025
By taking these assumptions and beliefs about hair’s relationship to the body seriously, this book reveals how nineteenth-century Americans came to understand their hair as a body part capable of indexing each person’s race, gender, and national belonging.
—Literary Hub, 9 June 2025
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Jailynn Taylor, Essence, 11 June 2025
The video released Monday appears to have been recovered by the Israeli military from the belongings of Palestinian militants, according to the watermark on the video.
—Jeremy Diamond, CNN Money, 9 June 2025
Each packing cube is designed to keep your belongings organized by separating clothes, shoes, and toiletries into neat compartments, which makes accessing your belongings easy and even fun.
—Nicol Natale, People.com, 9 June 2025
By taking these assumptions and beliefs about hair’s relationship to the body seriously, this book reveals how nineteenth-century Americans came to understand their hair as a body part capable of indexing each person’s race, gender, and national belonging.
—Literary Hub, 9 June 2025
See All Example Sentences for belonging
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“Belonging.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/belonging. Accessed 30 Jun. 2025.
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