as in things
transportable items that one owns
put all of your personal effects in the bin so that they can be x-rayed
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Recent Examples of personal effects
The couple is mourning the loss of personal effects — family photos and mementos that have no monetary value but are irreplaceable.
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Jessica Gelt, Los Angeles Times, 10 Jan. 2025
Photos of personal effects are catalogued online through the National Missing and Unidentified Persons System or NamUs.
—Valerie Castro, NBC News, 11 Dec. 2024
Additionally, an auction of the producer’s personal effects that happened last October in Stockholm raised $750,000 for the Tim Bergling Foundation, which works to educate young people about mental health.
—Katie Bain, Billboard, 4 Nov. 2024
The sale was made up of 267 items, including shoes, instruments, clothing and other personal effects related to Avicii’s career in music.
—Katie Bain, Billboard, 2 Oct. 2024
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Jessica Gelt, Los Angeles Times, 10 Jan. 2025
Photos of personal effects are catalogued online through the National Missing and Unidentified Persons System or NamUs.
—Valerie Castro, NBC News, 11 Dec. 2024
Additionally, an auction of the producer’s personal effects that happened last October in Stockholm raised $750,000 for the Tim Bergling Foundation, which works to educate young people about mental health.
—Katie Bain, Billboard, 4 Nov. 2024
The sale was made up of 267 items, including shoes, instruments, clothing and other personal effects related to Avicii’s career in music.
—Katie Bain, Billboard, 2 Oct. 2024
See all Example Sentences for personal effects
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“Personal effects.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/personal%20effects. Accessed 22 Feb. 2025.
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