personal items
Example Sentences
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The trust can pay for supplemental needs — such as transportation, personal items, dental care and other quality-of-life expenses — without providing cash income that could reduce his SSI benefits.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 6, 2026
When 17 million gallons of water poured out of a broken water main under Sunset Boulevard into downhill neighborhoods in West Hollywood, family businesses and residents’ cars and personal items were in the flood zone.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 25, 2026
Later that day, they said, guards searched each cell one by one, seizing almost all personal items.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 2026
The items include unpublished photographs, a script with notes from her final production, the unfinished short film "Something's Got to Give," and personal items such as handwritten recipes and her Elizabeth Arden lipstick.
From Barron's ● Jun. 1, 2026
“I wished to — ah — deposit certain — um — personal items in the room...”
From "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" by J.K. Rowling
