- present participle of belong.
belonging
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It followed the closure of the website and social media accounts belonging to leading digital news outlet T24 over what authorities described as "LGBT propaganda".
From Barron's ● Oct. 24, 2026
Yet dwarf reedsnakes belonging to the genus Pseudorabdion have found a way around these limitations.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 24, 2026
Some experts warn the vulnerability could leave poorly maintained websites, particularly those belonging to smaller organisations with limited security resources, at greater risk.
From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2026
Serbian authorities subsequently arrested seven suspects, including a dual Russian-Serbian citizen, accused of belonging to an organized group that procured and stored explosives and drones before shipping them into EU countries, Serbian prosecutors said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026
Meanwhile, on the other side of the river, Magic had arrived just outside the burrow belonging to Major Puff and Twitch.
From "The Very, Very Far North" by Dan Bar-el
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She said she packed up her belongings and moved back in with her parents in Jiangxi province in southeastern China, and now spends her days catching up on sleep and eating with relatives.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026
The Libyan authorities handed over a plastic "trash bag" containing some of his belongings, including a Quran, a prayer rug, clothing, toiletries, and medicine.
From BBC ● Oct. 12, 2026
At the time, it was unclear whose belongings were being transported.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 9, 2026
She returned when Ross was not home to gather her belongings.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026
When Joey’s friends gather the belongings in her modest apartment, they discover a few record albums, many autographed theater and ballet posters, and nearly nine hundred books.
From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly
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