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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All of Hackman and Arakawa's personal effects have been removed from the properrty and the house has been professionally staged, according to WSJ.
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Marina Watts, PEOPLE, 16 Jan. 2026
The private detective Snider hired to tail Dorothy and Bogdanovich, Marc Goldstein, had, according to a suit filed by Bogdanovich and the Stratten estate, stolen Dorothy’s diaries and other personal effects, sold them to a studio.
—Lili Anolik, Vanity Fair, 12 Jan. 2026
Other photos depicted the clothes Mangione was wearing at the time of his arrest, along with a pocketknife, zip ties and personal effects.
—Cameron Schoppa, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Dec. 2025
The men were subjected to various abuses by their captors, such as theft and beatings, and many personal effects were tossed overboard.
—Literary Hub, 9 Dec. 2025
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Marina Watts, PEOPLE, 16 Jan. 2026
The private detective Snider hired to tail Dorothy and Bogdanovich, Marc Goldstein, had, according to a suit filed by Bogdanovich and the Stratten estate, stolen Dorothy’s diaries and other personal effects, sold them to a studio.
—Lili Anolik, Vanity Fair, 12 Jan. 2026
Other photos depicted the clothes Mangione was wearing at the time of his arrest, along with a pocketknife, zip ties and personal effects.
—Cameron Schoppa, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Dec. 2025
The men were subjected to various abuses by their captors, such as theft and beatings, and many personal effects were tossed overboard.
—Literary Hub, 9 Dec. 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 13 Feb. 2026.
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