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belong

[bih-lawng, -long] / bɪˈlɔŋ, -ˈlɒŋ /




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Humans, other animals, plants, fungi, and protists all belong to this broad category.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 8, 2026

But critics question whether they belong in areas earmarked for new homes and have raised concerns about their energy use, water consumption and environmental impacts.

From BBC ● Oct. 4, 2026

The remains "belong to our two peoples", Radev said as he attended a ceremony to mark the return alongside Greek counterpart Kyriakos Mitsotakis.

From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026

And New England is now tied for the league lead with eight turnovers—seven of which belong to Maye.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026

He merely hid his appearance and never opened up to anyone and believed that if he ever died, he’d belong in a realm of eternal suffering.

From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman

We have $1.6 million in retirement accounts, a little more than half of which belongs to my husband.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 7, 2026

It describes several overlapping anxieties about modern restaurant food, but its prehistory belongs, at least partly, to the ghost kitchen.

From Salon ● Oct. 3, 2026

Fe5GeTe2, discovered seven years ago, belongs to a family of materials known as van der Waals magnets.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 2, 2026

The former tattoo artist behind JiJi’s Jazz Club is reminding Angelenos that jazz belongs to everyone, and that gathering, in a city like L.A., is its own act of resistance.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026

“Unless it’s a bit of soil that belongs to us,” Granda had said sharply.

From "Nory Ryan’s Song" by Patricia Reilly Giff

His family had a big house, belonged to a country club and paid for his college and graduate school.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 7, 2026

He belonged to a family of the founders of Be’eri.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026

But when Swaggart caught wind of the tryst, he saw an opportunity to topple his rival and took the matter to the Assemblies of God, the church fellowship both preachers belonged to.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026

Instead, zhelestids appear to have belonged to a very different branch of early mammals, overturning an interpretation that was based largely on fossil teeth.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 28, 2026

Not only did he have no idea where he was, he had no idea where he belonged.

From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman

A drone caused a fire at a data centre belonging to Russian technology company Yandex, the company told AFP Thursday, in the first such strike of its kind on Russia.

From Barron's ● Oct. 8, 2026

But growing up in Los Angeles, he found a sense of belonging in a multicultural community that gave him an appreciation for different cultures, cuisines and music.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026

Extremist settlers had set up an illegal outpost close to Jalud and besieged three houses, including two belonging to the al-Tubasis' sons who are married with young daughters.

From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2026

To determine when the ability developed and how it changed over time, the team retraced lactoferrin's evolutionary history and reconstructed versions belonging to its extinct ancestors.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 28, 2026

News reporters called Pinyudu a “camp,” but it was just a big, open place with no houses except a few belonging to the local Anyuak people.

From "Lost Boy, Lost Girl" by John Bul Dau




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