baggage

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Over the last century, familiar words such as “time,” “exist” and “timeless” have been repurposed in technical contexts without examining what baggage they carry from everyday speech.

From Science Daily • Jun. 8, 2026

“There’s a lot more money coming on-line that doesn’t have the baggage of an incumbent program,” he says.

From Barron's • Jun. 4, 2026

"Now we can move freely, unencumbered by baggage," added Anita.

From BBC • Jun. 3, 2026

“It could have easily gone to any of the other candidates,” but many had baggage.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 3, 2026

A third car held twenty soldiers to lift the president and his mattress in Elberon, and the fourth was for baggage.

From "Ambushed!" by Gail Jarrow