as in things
transportable items that one owns
any personal property that is left in the lockers overnight will be impounded
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Recent Examples of personal property
Several officers were assaulted, police vehicles were damaged and surrounding businesses and personal property were damaged, the spokesperson said.
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Landon Mion, Fox News, 3 Feb. 2025
There are people who really need help ... Don't worry about your personal property.
—Kevin Lynn, Newsweek, 7 Jan. 2025
Catch up quick: The former New York City mayor was ordered in October to hand over personal property to Ruby Freeman and Shaye Moss, mother-daughter election workers in Georgia.
—April Rubin, Axios, 6 Jan. 2025
The women, ages 24 and 20, were arraigned Wednesday on one count each of grand theft of personal property, the Alameda County District Attorney’s Office said in a news release.
—Jason Green, The Mercury News, 16 Jan. 2025
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Landon Mion, Fox News, 3 Feb. 2025
There are people who really need help ... Don't worry about your personal property.
—Kevin Lynn, Newsweek, 7 Jan. 2025
Catch up quick: The former New York City mayor was ordered in October to hand over personal property to Ruby Freeman and Shaye Moss, mother-daughter election workers in Georgia.
—April Rubin, Axios, 6 Jan. 2025
The women, ages 24 and 20, were arraigned Wednesday on one count each of grand theft of personal property, the Alameda County District Attorney’s Office said in a news release.
—Jason Green, The Mercury News, 16 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for personal property
Noun
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The challenge has always been to figure out how to personalize things without spending inordinate amounts of time and money mapping out every possible path a student might take.—
Ray Ravaglia,
Forbes,
28 Dec. 2024
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As a business owner, higher profit margins, all other things being equal, are more valuable.—
Bill Stone,
Forbes,
28 Dec. 2024
Noun
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When Forest were out of possession the former Chelsea man repeatedly dropped back to almost become a right-sided wing-back.—
James McNicholas,
The Athletic,
26 Feb. 2025
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Among the substantiated complaints not reflected on the website: selling a ward’s car and donating the ward’s possessions to charity without a judge’s order, and isolating wards from their family and friends.—
Carol Marbin Miller,
Miami Herald,
26 Feb. 2025
Noun
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But the ballplayer stuff, that was just icing on the cake.—
Daniel Brown,
The Athletic,
16 Feb. 2025
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Then, two days later, the stuff about him having a restraining order came out.—
Gillian Telling,
People.com,
15 Feb. 2025
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“Personal property.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/personal%20property. Accessed 1 Mar. 2025.
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