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
Cars packed with mattresses, luggage and household belongings stretched for kilometers along Lebanon’s coastal highway, as residents fled Tyre following the latest Israeli warning.
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ABC News, 9 June 2026
The bottom line Cleaning your pet’s belongings, grooming them and refilling their preventatives will help keep them safe during the summer.
—Amy Deyoung, USA Today, 9 June 2026
The quirky discovery came in May 2026, while Mikelson was helping sort through the belongings of her grandmother, Peggy Kelpe, who died of cancer in February at the age of 82.
—Tereza Shkurtaj, PEOPLE, 7 June 2026
The belongings are those of people who went out to share a drink and listen to music with friends before they were forced to run for cover.
—Emma Tucker, CNN Money, 6 June 2026
The assault that led to her arrest allegedly occurred after Yancey accompanied her partner to the Roxbury home of her partner’s ex-wife, in order to pick up her belongings, according to the police report.
—Gayla Cawley, Boston Herald, 3 June 2026
Aside from a few furniture pieces that were simply too small in scale to function in her new home, Page has been able to repurpose many of her belongings from the apartment in her new home.
—Sarah Lyon, The Spruce, 2 June 2026
Neary’s belongings including fur coats, furniture and jewelry were auctioned later that month, with officials charged admission of 50 cents to prevent overcrowding of the apartment.
—Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 2 June 2026
Other times investigators discovered a clue that had been overlooked in the decedent’s belongings.
—Harriet Ramos, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 2 June 2026
ABC News, 9 June 2026
The bottom line Cleaning your pet’s belongings, grooming them and refilling their preventatives will help keep them safe during the summer.
—Amy Deyoung, USA Today, 9 June 2026
The quirky discovery came in May 2026, while Mikelson was helping sort through the belongings of her grandmother, Peggy Kelpe, who died of cancer in February at the age of 82.
—Tereza Shkurtaj, PEOPLE, 7 June 2026
The belongings are those of people who went out to share a drink and listen to music with friends before they were forced to run for cover.
—Emma Tucker, CNN Money, 6 June 2026
The assault that led to her arrest allegedly occurred after Yancey accompanied her partner to the Roxbury home of her partner’s ex-wife, in order to pick up her belongings, according to the police report.
—Gayla Cawley, Boston Herald, 3 June 2026
Aside from a few furniture pieces that were simply too small in scale to function in her new home, Page has been able to repurpose many of her belongings from the apartment in her new home.
—Sarah Lyon, The Spruce, 2 June 2026
Neary’s belongings including fur coats, furniture and jewelry were auctioned later that month, with officials charged admission of 50 cents to prevent overcrowding of the apartment.
—Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 2 June 2026
Other times investigators discovered a clue that had been overlooked in the decedent’s belongings.
—Harriet Ramos, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 2 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for belongings
Noun
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My defense and my rebounding are two things that are extremely, extremely important to me.—
Nathan Canilao,
Mercury News,
10 June 2026
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In my fiction, my grandfather was no longer an inscrutable ghost, but a character with definable flaws, who did things in an order that, despite whatever twists and subversions, resolved into meaning.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
10 June 2026
Noun
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Portland also dominated on the boards to get extra possessions.—
Marisa Ingemi,
Los Angeles Times,
8 June 2026
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Bruno Fernandes pulls the strings in the final third with the precision of his right foot, Paris Saint-Germain star Vitinha is essential in speeding up circulation in midfield and maintaining possession, and Bernardo Silva is decisive from the right wing, often popping up in unexpected spaces.—
Esteban Campanela,
CNN Money,
7 June 2026
Noun
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That's the stuff that fuels me, that's what keeps me up at night and excited for the next day.—
Nathan Diller,
USA Today,
7 June 2026
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The contractor hasn't signed off on final stuff.—
Nick Lentz,
CBS News,
6 June 2026
Noun
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There is substitution bias (consumers switch to cheaper alternatives), outlet bias (shoppers move to discount retailers), new goods bias (new products are late to enter the index), and quality change bias (improvements in products are improperly treated as price increases).—
James Broughel,
Forbes.com,
6 June 2026
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There will be 13 pop-ups in total with concepts offering bicycle and walking tours, vintage clothes, gifts and paper goods, juice, macaroons, ice cream and pastries.—
Olivia Wakim,
AJC.com,
6 June 2026
Cite this Entry
“Belongings.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/belongings. Accessed 13 Jun. 2026.
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