personal belongings
plural noun
: items that belong to someone and that are small enough to be carried
Be sure to take your personal belongings with you when you get off the bus.
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Outside the building, footage from Reuters showed charred vehicles next to piles of rubble and personal belongings littering the street.
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Rosa Rahimi, CNN Money, 13 Apr. 2025
County investigators added that her personal belongings were strewn about near the vehicle.
—Caleb Lunetta, Mercury News, 11 Apr. 2025
The 2025 Uber Lost & Found Index details the many items forgotten in the past 12 months, ranging from food to personal belongings of all sorts.
—Ashley J. Dimella Fox News, FOXNews.com, 9 Apr. 2025
The family dispute began when a 61-year-old man used a baseball bat to damage personal belongings and windows at his mother’s home and physically assaulted her.
—Summer Lin, Los Angeles Times, 2 Apr. 2025
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Rosa Rahimi, CNN Money, 13 Apr. 2025
County investigators added that her personal belongings were strewn about near the vehicle.
—Caleb Lunetta, Mercury News, 11 Apr. 2025
The 2025 Uber Lost & Found Index details the many items forgotten in the past 12 months, ranging from food to personal belongings of all sorts.
—Ashley J. Dimella Fox News, FOXNews.com, 9 Apr. 2025
The family dispute began when a 61-year-old man used a baseball bat to damage personal belongings and windows at his mother’s home and physically assaulted her.
—Summer Lin, Los Angeles Times, 2 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for personal belongings
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“Personal belongings.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/personal%20belongings. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.
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