as in things
transportable items that one owns
packed up all their belongings and moved across the country
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Recent Examples of belongings
This $8 set comes with four zippered pouches that can separate dirty, wet, or stinky shoes from the rest of your belongings.
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Amelia McBride, Travel + Leisure, 8 Sep. 2025
Set up familiar spaces – Arrange furniture and pet belongings in a similar way in the new home to make the transition less jarring.
—Lucy Notarantonio, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Sep. 2025
The sight of her belongings packed away only reinforced the idea that she was being pushed aside.
—Ashley Vega, PEOPLE, 8 Sep. 2025
The windshield of a bus on the scene was riddled with bullet holes, and people’s belongings were scattered in the area.
—Sarah Fortinsky, The Hill, 8 Sep. 2025
Residents of Sousi Tower, a prominent 15-story building, told The Associated Press that the Israeli army gave them around 20 minutes to grab their belongings and flee before warplanes razed the building.
—Wafaa Shurafa, Arkansas Online, 7 Sep. 2025
Her belongings turned up in Dole Valley five months later.
—Stephanie Nolasco, FOXNews.com, 6 Sep. 2025
The military instead shared photos of smiling Palestinians atop cars with their belongings.
—Aya Batrawy, NPR, 5 Sep. 2025
Officers found the man in a parking lot on the north side of the 1200 block of Alameda Avenue holding a shopping car loaded with his belongings, the video showed.
—Katie Langford, Denver Post, 5 Sep. 2025
Amelia McBride, Travel + Leisure, 8 Sep. 2025
Set up familiar spaces – Arrange furniture and pet belongings in a similar way in the new home to make the transition less jarring.
—Lucy Notarantonio, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Sep. 2025
The sight of her belongings packed away only reinforced the idea that she was being pushed aside.
—Ashley Vega, PEOPLE, 8 Sep. 2025
The windshield of a bus on the scene was riddled with bullet holes, and people’s belongings were scattered in the area.
—Sarah Fortinsky, The Hill, 8 Sep. 2025
Residents of Sousi Tower, a prominent 15-story building, told The Associated Press that the Israeli army gave them around 20 minutes to grab their belongings and flee before warplanes razed the building.
—Wafaa Shurafa, Arkansas Online, 7 Sep. 2025
Her belongings turned up in Dole Valley five months later.
—Stephanie Nolasco, FOXNews.com, 6 Sep. 2025
The military instead shared photos of smiling Palestinians atop cars with their belongings.
—Aya Batrawy, NPR, 5 Sep. 2025
Officers found the man in a parking lot on the north side of the 1200 block of Alameda Avenue holding a shopping car loaded with his belongings, the video showed.
—Katie Langford, Denver Post, 5 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for belongings
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
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
Noun
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Everything about Elvis, including his death-by-cardiac-arrest at 42 in Graceland, is the stuff of opera.—
Guy Martin,
Forbes.com,
10 Sep. 2025
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By our points formula, a game in the 10s or below is D-grade, the 20s is average, the 30s above average, the 40s really good and 50s-plus next-stratosphere stuff.—
Greg Cote,
Miami Herald,
9 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Less than a dollar separated the cost of a store-brand basket of goods at Walmart and Meijer.—
Francesca Pica,
jsonline.com,
8 Sep. 2025
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Phillips died in a police shootout on Monday, after officers were alerted to a possible break-in at a farm goods store in Poipoi in the western Waikato district, near to where he was believed to have been hiding out with his kids, CNN, Radio New Zealand (RNZ) and ABC News Australia reported.—
Escher Walcott,
PEOPLE,
8 Sep. 2025
Noun
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His gears began to grind mentally.—
Zach Sweet,
Kansas City Star,
9 Sep. 2025
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Today's bicycles all have indexed shifting, in which the levers and derailleurs snap precisely from one gear to the next.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
9 Sep. 2025
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“Belongings.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/belongings. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.
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