personal property
noun
: property other than real property consisting of things temporary or movable : chattels
Examples of personal property in a Sentence
any personal property that is left in the lockers overnight will be impounded
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Working with an enacting bill that has already been signed into law, people could exempt $125,000 from the value of personal property that’s used to make money for their business.
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Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 17 Oct. 2025
Some of Jones’s personal property is also being sold off as part of the bankruptcy case.
—Shane Croucher, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Oct. 2025
Kennedy said other Urban Corps executives had also used staff to perform improvements at their personal properties — including Anne Bernstein, a longtime official who took over as interim CEO after Kennedy left.
—Jeff McDonald, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Oct. 2025
In prosecution's bail recommendation documents obtained by TMZ, prosecutors allege the couple — who share children Karter, 11, Kruz, 9, and Kamrynn, 5 — claimed a $450,000 personal property loss through an insurance company.
—Mekishana Pierre, Entertainment Weekly, 10 Oct. 2025
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Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 17 Oct. 2025
Some of Jones’s personal property is also being sold off as part of the bankruptcy case.
—Shane Croucher, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Oct. 2025
Kennedy said other Urban Corps executives had also used staff to perform improvements at their personal properties — including Anne Bernstein, a longtime official who took over as interim CEO after Kennedy left.
—Jeff McDonald, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Oct. 2025
In prosecution's bail recommendation documents obtained by TMZ, prosecutors allege the couple — who share children Karter, 11, Kruz, 9, and Kamrynn, 5 — claimed a $450,000 personal property loss through an insurance company.
—Mekishana Pierre, Entertainment Weekly, 10 Oct. 2025
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“Personal property.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/personal%20property. Accessed 20 Oct. 2025.
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