personal effects
plural noun
: privately owned items (such as clothing and jewelry) normally worn or carried on the person
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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
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?
—Seyward Darby, Longreads, 13 Mar. 2024
Giacalone has questioned the integrity of the crime scene during the early stages of the investigation, the eventual release of the scene and personal effects inside the home, and the destruction of the building.
—Michael Ruiz, Fox News, 4 Mar. 2024
The play follows siblings who return to their late father’s home to settle his affairs and discover a disturbing item among his personal effects, which leads to an outpouring of family tension and differing views on how to handle it.
—Caitlin Huston, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 Feb. 2024
The Nebraska lab where Brown works has 80 tables, each full of remains and personal effects that can work to solve the mystery.
—CBS News, 21 Dec. 2023
The Nebraska lab that Brown works at has 80 tables, each full of remains and personal effects that can work to solve the mystery.
—CBS News, 28 Nov. 2023
These days, finding the fallen has become more difficult, requiring the team to use metal detectors to uncover munitions or personal effects.
—Valerie Hopkins Nanna Heitmann, New York Times, 11 Nov. 2023
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
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?
—Seyward Darby, Longreads, 13 Mar. 2024
Giacalone has questioned the integrity of the crime scene during the early stages of the investigation, the eventual release of the scene and personal effects inside the home, and the destruction of the building.
—Michael Ruiz, Fox News, 4 Mar. 2024
The play follows siblings who return to their late father’s home to settle his affairs and discover a disturbing item among his personal effects, which leads to an outpouring of family tension and differing views on how to handle it.
—Caitlin Huston, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 Feb. 2024
The Nebraska lab where Brown works has 80 tables, each full of remains and personal effects that can work to solve the mystery.
—CBS News, 21 Dec. 2023
The Nebraska lab that Brown works at has 80 tables, each full of remains and personal effects that can work to solve the mystery.
—CBS News, 28 Nov. 2023
These days, finding the fallen has become more difficult, requiring the team to use metal detectors to uncover munitions or personal effects.
—Valerie Hopkins Nanna Heitmann, New York Times, 11 Nov. 2023
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“Personal effects.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/personal%20effects. Accessed 19 Apr. 2024.
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