possessions

noun

plural of possession
as in things
transportable items that one owns we packed up all of our possessions and excitedly moved into a new house

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Recent Examples of possessions The Bears offense started slow before scoring on six of its final nine possessions. — Kevin Fishbain, New York Times, 16 Aug. 2026 The insurer offered to pay 65% of the total value of all the possessions inside their home, such as appliances, furniture and tools. — Noelle Phillips, Denver Post, 16 Aug. 2026 Mercury conjoins Jupiter in Leo and your 2nd House of Resources, bringing growth to money, pricing, possessions, comfort, and self-worth. — Tarot.com, Chicago Tribune, 15 Aug. 2026 The second house, for example, is traditionally associated with your finances, income, possessions and personal resources. — Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 14 Aug. 2026 The Eagles defense stepped up in the second half, stopping Armwood on three possessions. — Buddy Collings, The Orlando Sentinel, 14 Aug. 2026 Among his possessions at the time of his death were a Social Security card and multiple IDs belonging to different dead men, a common way to craft fake identities. — Isabelle Chapman, CNN Money, 10 Aug. 2026 That set of complementing traits paired perfectly with Karl-Anthony Towns as Robinson could bring a different dynamic to the floor— anchoring defensive units and adding extra possessions for the offense to take advantage of. — Tom Rende, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026 The houses pitch estimates, guarantees, marketing plans, and the global machinery required to turn somebody’s possessions into an event. — Daniel Cassady, ARTnews.com, 5 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for possessions
  1. things
  2. belongings
  3. stuff
Noun
  • Manchester City’s defence was wide open in Sunday’s Community Shield defeat to Arsenal and that could be a sign of things to come now that Rodri is playing for Barcelona in La Liga.
    — Graham Ruthven, Forbes.com, 19 Aug. 2026
  • And if history is any indication, expect safety Tre’von Moehrig to be in the middle of things when the pads start poppin’ at the Panthers’ joint practice with the Jacksonville Jaguars at the Jags’ practice facility.
    — Joseph Person, New York Times, 19 Aug. 2026
Definition of things
Noun
  • Since it was designated the first national recreation area in 1964, hordes of visitors have cut Lake Mead’s glassy surface with jet skis and boats, carelessly dropping belongings that may now wash up on shore.
    — Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN Money, 21 Aug. 2026
  • However, instead of just suitcases, the 31-year-old packed her belongings into a mixture of bags and trash bags.
    — Tabitha Parent, PEOPLE, 20 Aug. 2026
Definition of belongings
Noun
  • Apart from the condition in the bottles, the liquid in them is the stuff of collectors’ wildest dreams.
    — Tony Sachs, Forbes.com, 17 Aug. 2026
  • The discovery that our world emerges from a microscopic world of molecules, which emerges from an even more microscopic world of subatomic particles (which in turn emerges from even stranger stuff) triggered the rewriting of our theories of matter.
    — Charlie Wood, Quanta Magazine, 17 Aug. 2026
Definition of stuff

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“Possessions.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/possessions. Accessed 22 Aug. 2026.

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