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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Those buildings, or barracks, contained a trove of artifacts, including the necessities and personal effects of the soldiers stationed there during Egypt’s New Kingdom era, a period of prosperity, territorial expansion and peace that lasted from around 1550 to 1077 B.C.E.
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Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 17 Sep. 2024
Residences can be designed ready to occupy, save for personal effects and art works.
—Michael Goldstein, Forbes, 5 Sep. 2024
When Spencer's personal effects arrived after his death, Bart Collart found his son's Marine Corps camouflage cap, known as a cover.
—CBS News, 13 Aug. 2024
As far as the individual home goes, news reports have described African-American homeowners preparing for walk-through appraisals by removing family photos and other personal effects that would indicate their race.
—Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 8 July 2024
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“Personal effects.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/personal%20effects. Accessed 16 Nov. 2024.
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