as in things
transportable items that one owns
packed up all their belongings and moved across the country
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Noun
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The challenge has always been to figure out how to personalize things without spending inordinate amounts of time and money mapping out every possible path a student might take.—
Ray Ravaglia,
Forbes,
28 Dec. 2024 -
As a business owner, higher profit margins, all other things being equal, are more valuable.—
Bill Stone,
Forbes,
28 Dec. 2024
Noun
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Every night, my father turned that tiny space into an office, sitting cross-legged in a wide armchair, hunched over the coffee table that held our most valuable possession, a new IBM Selectric typewriter.—
Philip J. Deloria,
The Atlantic,
3 Apr. 2025
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Typically a notoriously difficult country to visit, the Russian government permitted free movement around the country to any visitors in possession of a World Cup Fan ID and match tickets.—
Ian Nicholas Quillen,
Forbes.com,
3 Apr. 2025
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All of this stuff goes back to last year’s legal challenge against the legality of the Premier League’s APT regulations, which was, legally, entirely separate to the ongoing saga related to the 130 charges against City.—
Sam Lee,
New York Times,
5 Apr. 2025
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Scientists study how astronauts use and store stuff in space While Vanguard-1 went silent in May 1964, Raynor said that since that time, the satellite's 133-minute orbit has been tracked by a network of optical space surveillance sensors and continues to be of scientific interest to this day.—
Leonard David,
Space.com,
4 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Just days before bargaining representatives for the state attorneys’ union were set to sit down with the California Department of Human Resources to negotiate a new contract, the state’s top boss threw a wrench in the gears.—
William Melhado,
Sacbee.com,
2 Apr. 2025
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The protective gear to wear when visiting a burn site should include: An N95 mask.—
Karen Garcia,
Los Angeles Times,
2 Apr. 2025
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“Belongings.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/belongings. Accessed 8 Apr. 2025.
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