personal effects

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Recent Examples on the Web 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. 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 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 13 Nov. 2024.

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