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the bags and suitcases that a person carries when traveling
Passengers are limited to two items of carry-on luggage.
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Recent Examples of luggage
With models trailed by porters toting handfuls of monogrammed luggage?
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Rosie Jarman, Vogue, 16 Mar. 2026
These are the tools that fill the games in the travel experience, from dead batteries to lost luggage.
—Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 16 Mar. 2026
Apple travel essentials are also discounted—think AirTags to track your luggage and AirPods for distraction-free travel.
—Chaise Sanders, Travel + Leisure, 16 Mar. 2026
However, they can be checked as luggage (usually without baggage fees) for use in rental cars and taxis.
—Dr. Katherine Williamson, Boston Herald, 15 Mar. 2026
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Rosie Jarman, Vogue, 16 Mar. 2026
These are the tools that fill the games in the travel experience, from dead batteries to lost luggage.
—Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 16 Mar. 2026
Apple travel essentials are also discounted—think AirTags to track your luggage and AirPods for distraction-free travel.
—Chaise Sanders, Travel + Leisure, 16 Mar. 2026
However, they can be checked as luggage (usually without baggage fees) for use in rental cars and taxis.
—Dr. Katherine Williamson, Boston Herald, 15 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for luggage
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The uptick in concern about taste is both surprising and discomfiting, because the word comes with particular generational baggage.—
Kyle Chayka,
New Yorker,
18 Mar. 2026
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For sophomore transfer Kayleigh Heckel, entering her first NCAA Tournament with the Huskies comes with some additional baggage.—
Emily Adams,
Hartford Courant,
17 Mar. 2026
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Four younger men were tied up, with black bags covering their heads, and taken to a helicopter, the complaint said.—
Eduardo Cuevas,
USA Today,
25 Mar. 2026
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Practically, this means that in addition to running your bags through the scanner and conducting physical pat-downs, the agents at security checkpoints may request proof of citizenship, ask personal questions, and demand to go through a traveler’s phone.—
Laura Bassett,
Condé Nast Traveler,
24 Mar. 2026
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“Luggage.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/luggage. Accessed 29 Mar. 2026.
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