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Definitions

personal effects

NOUN
personal belongings
Synonyms
WEAK
bag and baggage impedimenta personal estate personal items personal property worldly goods

Example Sentences

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Across the country, government agents have been losing government documents, personal effects, medical devices, and other belongings after confiscating them, effectively turning released immigrants into legal non-persons.

From Salon • Mar. 4, 2026

After receiving the report from the mountaineers, officers reached the site by helicopter to collect the remains and personal effects from the Ober Gabelhorn glacier.

From Barron's • Nov. 12, 2025

Under that water, buildings, statuary, coins and royal personal effects came to rest, and waited to be found.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 14, 2025

In many cases, the only option was to search for shoes, clothes or other personal effects.

From BBC • Jan. 24, 2025

His pack was full but unsecured, and personal effects were still liberally distributed around the room.

From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson