as in things
transportable items that one owns
put all of your personal effects in the bin so that they can be x-rayed
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Recent Examples of personal effects
About a week after the transfer, the couple went to the funeral home to pick up their son’s personal effects and belongings, which included a white, unmarked cardboard box with a smaller red box inside.
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USA Today, 30 July 2025
For better or for worse, your desires, personal effects, and more will become public knowledge.
—Liz Simmons, StyleCaster, 28 July 2025
Even general travel policies, like with Faye Travel Insurance, cover lost or damaged equipment as part of your baggage and personal effects.
—The Washington Post, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 June 2025
Forbes found a professional organizer to help the seller with her personal effects, then hired others to clear out a lot of the furniture, paint the walls, and pull up the carpet.
—Kim Velsey, Curbed, 22 May 2025
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USA Today, 30 July 2025
For better or for worse, your desires, personal effects, and more will become public knowledge.
—Liz Simmons, StyleCaster, 28 July 2025
Even general travel policies, like with Faye Travel Insurance, cover lost or damaged equipment as part of your baggage and personal effects.
—The Washington Post, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 June 2025
Forbes found a professional organizer to help the seller with her personal effects, then hired others to clear out a lot of the furniture, paint the walls, and pull up the carpet.
—Kim Velsey, Curbed, 22 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for personal effects
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“Personal effects.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/personal%20effects. Accessed 29 Sep. 2025.
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