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
So, between lockable zippers, anti-slash fabric, and RFID blockers, the right bag needs to pull quadruple duty in protecting your belongings.
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Claire Gallam, Travel + Leisure, 10 Nov. 2025
The purse also has multiple pockets, including a zipper pocket and a slip pocket inside, as well as an exterior pocket on the back to keep belongings organized.
—Rachel Trujillo, PEOPLE, 10 Nov. 2025
To estimate personal property coverage, do a walkthrough of your home and add up the monetary value of your belongings.
—Liz Knueven, CNBC, 10 Nov. 2025
The woman had been on her back porch cleaning household items when the suspect approached and demanded her belongings.
—Sophia Compton, FOXNews.com, 8 Nov. 2025
Years ago, her brother suddenly fled and left all his belongings.
—R. Eric Thomas, Mercury News, 8 Nov. 2025
The 20 or so of us move chairs, tear up cushions, rifle through her sprawl of belongings on the ground.
—Kieran Press-Reynolds, Pitchfork, 6 Nov. 2025
Eighty Black residents of Portsmouth packed their belongings and headed north, hoping to resettle in a less hostile part of Ohio.
—Equal Justice Initiative, USA Today, 6 Nov. 2025
Among those scheduled to testify at the hearing for the government were an Oklahoma couple who were storing some of Goudreau's belongings, including two assault rifles an associate recently tried to retrieve in possible violation of a court order against possessing firearms while on bond.
—Arkansas Online, 2 Nov. 2025
Claire Gallam, Travel + Leisure, 10 Nov. 2025
The purse also has multiple pockets, including a zipper pocket and a slip pocket inside, as well as an exterior pocket on the back to keep belongings organized.
—Rachel Trujillo, PEOPLE, 10 Nov. 2025
To estimate personal property coverage, do a walkthrough of your home and add up the monetary value of your belongings.
—Liz Knueven, CNBC, 10 Nov. 2025
The woman had been on her back porch cleaning household items when the suspect approached and demanded her belongings.
—Sophia Compton, FOXNews.com, 8 Nov. 2025
Years ago, her brother suddenly fled and left all his belongings.
—R. Eric Thomas, Mercury News, 8 Nov. 2025
The 20 or so of us move chairs, tear up cushions, rifle through her sprawl of belongings on the ground.
—Kieran Press-Reynolds, Pitchfork, 6 Nov. 2025
Eighty Black residents of Portsmouth packed their belongings and headed north, hoping to resettle in a less hostile part of Ohio.
—Equal Justice Initiative, USA Today, 6 Nov. 2025
Among those scheduled to testify at the hearing for the government were an Oklahoma couple who were storing some of Goudreau's belongings, including two assault rifles an associate recently tried to retrieve in possible violation of a court order against possessing firearms while on bond.
—Arkansas Online, 2 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for belongings
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Those on nine-month contracts must devote 480 hours to instruction — which can include things like lab work, clinical work and internships in addition to lecture time — over the course of the contract.—
Matthew Adams,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
8 Nov. 2025
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Because, in waking life, the truth is that things haven’t been the same since the strain of raising two young kids started to wear on their parents.—
David Ehrlich,
IndieWire,
7 Nov. 2025
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The Mavs have had one of the NBA’s worst offenses, ranking second-to-last in points per possession.—
Lawrence Dow,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
11 Nov. 2025
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Take, for example, an 18-yard, over-the-middle strike to Nailor on the team’s second possession Sunday.—
Alec Lewis,
New York Times,
11 Nov. 2025
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The movie also has an ace in the hole with Glen Powell, one of the few contemporary alpha-charisma actors that feel built for stuff like this and believably might have been bred in a farm upstate that specializes in All-American movie stars with gajillion-watt grins.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
11 Nov. 2025
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The new regulations are supposed to regulate all hazardous transport through the reservation, not just uranium, but also oil and gas, methane, whatever kind of radioactive stuff.—
Arlyssa D. Becenti,
AZCentral.com,
11 Nov. 2025
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Cooks use honey to sweeten and moisten baked goods, mellow vinaigrettes, and balance sweet-and-sour sauces.—
Brandee Gruener,
Southern Living,
9 Nov. 2025
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This collaboration highlights how artificial intelligence is moving from theory to production lines and changing the way goods move across America.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
8 Nov. 2025
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“Belongings.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/belongings. Accessed 12 Nov. 2025.
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