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belonging

[bih-lawng-ing, -long-] / bɪˈlɔŋ ɪŋ, -ˈlɒŋ- /


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Physicists classify these particles as belonging to the first generation of matter.

From Science Daily Sep. 18, 2026

One focus plays a paramount role in enhancing your retirement years: belonging.

From MarketWatch Sep. 18, 2026

A trove of internal data belonging to a China-based cybersecurity company, reviewed by The Wall Street Journal, provides a new window into an evolution that international cybersecurity experts have tracked in recent years.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 16, 2026

That translates into belonging in different spaces where I could have been uncomfortable in before, so it’s a great time to inhabit these characters.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 14, 2026

Ona Judge was a Custis “dower slave,” meaning that she was part of the estate belonging to Martha’s first husband.

From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis

Following treatment, they had no keys or other belongings so stayed at the home of a nurse, whose husband loaned Berriff clothes.

From BBC Sep. 11, 2026

Hart began to suspect Haddish was experiencing homelessness when he noticed that her car was filled with personal belongings.

From MarketWatch Sep. 10, 2026

I grabbed my belongings and headed up those 223 — or maybe 225 — stairs one last time.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 3, 2026

Lawyers on Wednesday discussed when John Overdeck could retrieve belongings from the couple’s Short Hills, N.J. home, where Laura Overdeck still lives.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 2, 2026

If they let in the Boy Scouts, then everyone else who owned property and equipment around the lake wanted to retrieve their belongings, too.

From "Mountain of Fire" by Rebecca E. F. Barone




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