belongings

British

/ bɪˈlɒŋɪŋz /

plural noun

(sometimes singular) the things that a person owns or has with him; possessions; effects

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Both the women the BBC spoke to also said that EU officials working with Palestinians inside the Rafah crossing had confiscated a wide variety of their belongings.

From BBC

All of her personal belongings including her wallet, cellphone and car were still there, but she was nowhere to be found.

From Los Angeles Times

She says there was little time to move her family's belongings.

From BBC

If they let in the Boy Scouts, then everyone else who owned property and equipment around the lake wanted to retrieve their belongings, too.

From Literature

“That is a very adult thing to actually have that encounter where you return somebody’s belongings,” she says.

From The Wall Street Journal

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