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as in intimacy
the state of being in a very personal or private relationship
the warm welcome they received from the community gave them a sense of belonging
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as in possession
belongings plural
transportable items that one owns
packed up all their belongings and moved across the country
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as in staying
to have or be in a usual or proper place
your shoes belong in the closet, not in the middle of the living room where people will trip on them
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as in pertaining
to be the property of a person or group of persons
those textbooks belong to the school system and not to the students
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Recent Examples of belonging
Jordan King, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Sep. 2025
The 48-year-old is also banned from the family home and only allowed to visit to pick up her belongings with a police officer present, PEOPLE reports.
—EW.com, 2 Sep. 2025
Essence, 1 Sep. 2025
Meaningful relationships increase feelings of belonging, purpose, and emotional support during difficult times.
—Lindsay Curtis, Health, 9 Apr. 2025
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Noun
Declines in regular worship and denominational belonging can reshape community networks that historically have been tied to charity, schooling and local politics.
—Jordan King, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Sep. 2025
The 48-year-old is also banned from the family home and only allowed to visit to pick up her belongings with a police officer present, PEOPLE reports.
—EW.com, 2 Sep. 2025
Verb
Many are rewriting the narrative in destinations Black women don't often frequent, choosing rest, healing and belonging.
—Essence, 1 Sep. 2025
Meaningful relationships increase feelings of belonging, purpose, and emotional support during difficult times.
—Lindsay Curtis, Health, 9 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for belonging
Noun
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There is a growing appetite for slowness, intimacy, authenticity.—
Sandra Salibian,
Footwear News,
4 Sep. 2025
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In addition to acting, Tydings worked as a writer and director before pivoting her career to being an intimacy coordinator.—
Caroline Blair,
PEOPLE,
4 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Still, the offense wasn’t flowing, and the unit had just given an extra possession to the Jaguars with an interception that led to a touchdown.—
Mike Kaye
September 10,
Charlotte Observer,
10 Sep. 2025
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During more than two hours of testimony, journalist Michael Shellenberger testified that sources had informed him that intelligence communities are in possession of numerous high-resolution photos and videos of the craft unlike any of the grainy imagery that has so far been declassified.—
Eric Lagatta,
USA Today,
10 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Eating kiwi before bed is the latest hack that people swear by for falling asleep faster and staying asleep longer.—
Kathleen Ferraro,
Verywell Health,
4 Sep. 2025
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Adrianne Lenker, Buck Meek, and James Krivchenia talk about how staying messy and honest is the only path forward.—
Emma Madden,
Pitchfork,
4 Sep. 2025
Verb
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As the pandemic is increasingly in the rear view mirror, many of the COVID era-policies pertaining to healthcare coverage have slowly fallen to the wayside.—
Suzanne Blake,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 Sep. 2025
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Even if partners don’t agree on every single detail pertaining to religion or politics, most healthy couples nevertheless share a rudimentary worldview.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes.com,
8 Sep. 2025
Noun
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This goes beyond surface-level familiarity of prompting tactics to include granular understanding of algorithms, data origins and model transparency.—
Cornelia C. Walther,
Forbes.com,
9 Sep. 2025
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Contractors sometimes lack familiarity with a company’s specific standards or legacy systems.—
Srishti Gupta,
Interesting Engineering,
9 Sep. 2025
Noun
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If things do go long, Alcaraz will still back himself.—
Charlie Eccleshare,
New York Times,
6 Sep. 2025
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But now, the King and the royal family have received very sad news that will change things going forward.—
Lizzie Lanuza,
StyleCaster,
5 Sep. 2025
Verb
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In the memoir, Sheen blames this same testosterone cream for feeding his state of mind going into that encounter.—
Maureen Lee Lenker,
Entertainment Weekly,
9 Sep. 2025
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Pictures of Bambi going about her day with a microphone on her collar.—
Alice Gibbs,
MSNBC Newsweek,
9 Sep. 2025
Noun
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As DeLa describes it, it’s been a cosmic kinship ever since.—
Evan Ross Katz,
Them.,
4 Sep. 2025
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Those deeds, however, are based on kinship ties, posing a problem for 38-year-old Star (Sarah Karei), an unmarried woman whose parentage is unknown.—
Christopher Vourlias,
Variety,
31 Aug. 2025
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“Belonging.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/belonging. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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