belongings
Britishplural noun
Example Sentences
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Residents have been digging through rubble and ash seeking to salvage what remains of their homes and belongings.
From Barron's
Families like Julie’s often struggled with what to do with a loved one’s belongings after they died, while other families—rebuilding after a fire or emerging from homelessness—needed everything.
Others question the driver, rifle through his belongings and scour his mobile phone.
From BBC
Jane still has damaged belongings and unfinished walls and has had to rip up all the flooring in the house due to the water damage.
From BBC
The sale, run by RR Auction, includes some of Apple’s early items and childhood belongings of Jobs, Apple’s cofounder and chief executive, who died in 2011 at 56, after battling pancreatic cancer.
From Los Angeles Times
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