belongings

plural of belonging

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of belongings That opened the golfer up to having his girlfriend riffle through his belongings in order to make content for social media. — Sean Joseph Outkick, FOXNews.com, 22 Oct. 2026 Contractors will continue working in the parking garage over the next four to six weeks before tenants can enter the Empire Towers building to retrieve their belongings, attorneys said. — Adam Thompson, CBS News, 22 Oct. 2026 Earlier this week, at a secure FBI location, Michelle retrieved the belongings her children left behind at the school. — Taylor Galgano, CNN Money, 22 Oct. 2026 Of all the belongings Goyal has collected, Indian and otherwise, a suite of textile paintings from his grandfather offer the most poignant narrative. — Sarah Medford, Architectural Digest, 14 Oct. 2026 The house was stuffed with the belongings of people who had lived there. — Barbara Rose, Vogue, 11 Oct. 2026 Records show the school was billed $2,170—a relative pittance in the grand scheme of things—for a six-man crew from a local moving company to box up and relocate Moore’s belongings during the 43-hour window of his incarceration. — Daniel Libit, Sportico.com, 8 Oct. 2026 In Gulf Shores, an Alabama community encouraging voluntary evacuations, resident Maranie Adams gathered water and other supplies as her family moved belongings, including a hot tub motor, to higher ground. — R.j. Rico, Los Angeles Times, 8 Oct. 2026 Two to three suspects demanded victims' belongings at gunpoint using firearms equipped with lasers, police said. — ABC News, 8 Oct. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for belongings
Noun
  • Born in 1888, Jim Casey spent his life, starting at the tender age of eleven, thinking about how to deliver things more efficiently.
    — Marc Levinson, Fortune, 25 Oct. 2026
  • New York — Brett Smiley was elected mayor of Providence in 2022 on a pledge to build more housing and get things done in Rhode Island’s capital city.
    — Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN Money, 25 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • Salceda was charged with one count of murder and one count of possession of a firearm by a felon.
    — Iris Kwok, Los Angeles Times, 22 Oct. 2026
  • She was given 10 days to surrender her certificate of naturalization, along with any copies in her possession, to government attorneys.
    — Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 22 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • That's the stuff that my opponent has voted for at the state capital.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 25 Oct. 2026
  • On the sweet side, several of our editors adore Coop’s dessert sauces, which far exceed the usual grocery store stuff.
    — Wilder Davies, Bon Appetit Magazine, 24 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • From Montblanc to Leica Giannattasio, who grew up in Astoria, Queens, came to Leica from luxury goods, not cameras.
    — Catherina Gioino, Fortune, 21 Oct. 2026
  • Comparison shop with your local supermarket, especially on produce, cereal, baked goods, prepared foods and cleaning products.
    — Dan Avery, CNBC, 21 Oct. 2026

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“Belongings.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/belongings. Accessed 28 Oct. 2026.

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