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Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images Do kids belong in adult court?
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Geordie McClelland, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Sep. 2025
Cutting Boards An oven drawer is ideal for storing flat cookware and bakeware, but cutting boards don't belong in that category.
—Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 1 Sep. 2025
Naperville North also has a school improvement plan to focus not only on academic success but belonging, Wachtel said.
—Michelle Mullins, Chicago Tribune, 31 Aug. 2025
This is a woman who doesn’t quite belong in the world and yet seems to have emerged out of its very soil.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 30 Aug. 2025
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Geordie McClelland, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Sep. 2025
Cutting Boards An oven drawer is ideal for storing flat cookware and bakeware, but cutting boards don't belong in that category.
—Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 1 Sep. 2025
Naperville North also has a school improvement plan to focus not only on academic success but belonging, Wachtel said.
—Michelle Mullins, Chicago Tribune, 31 Aug. 2025
This is a woman who doesn’t quite belong in the world and yet seems to have emerged out of its very soil.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 30 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for belong
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He was not bound by law to stay.—
Bryan Alexander,
USA Today,
11 Sep. 2025
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LeBron James stayed silent this week as controversy swirled around him over a piece in a Chinese state-run newspaper with his byline that appeared on Monday.—
Ryan Gaydos,
FOXNews.com,
10 Sep. 2025
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Therapists going the route of AI usage will need to be mindful of the latest laws and regulations pertaining to AI usage.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
7 Sep. 2025
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There is more to follow, all of which pertains to the film’s title and is rather laborious to discuss in a review without spoilers.—
Damon Wise,
Deadline,
6 Sep. 2025
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While the most obvious advice is to not drive through deep floods, people want to get to their destinations and often go right into the asphalt swamp.—
Miami Herald Archives,
Miami Herald,
9 Sep. 2025
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Meanwhile, on The Bold and the Beautiful, Ridge has had his own will-they-won't-they situation going with Rebecca Budig's Taylor Hayes.—
Ryan Coleman,
Entertainment Weekly,
9 Sep. 2025
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“Belong.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/belong. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.
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