baggage

Example Sentences

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Your next read: You could be paying an extra $2,000 for home insurance every year because of this financial baggage.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 16, 2026

Olsen: But Bond, because of the specific cultural baggage that comes with that franchise, did you feel like it fit thematically with what you were trying to do?

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2026

“There’s a lot more money coming on-line that doesn’t have the baggage of an incumbent program,” he says.

From Barron's • Jun. 4, 2026

Familial wealth can come with baggage, like being viewed as a nepo-baby or having to guard against being used.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 1, 2026

“And your department is baggage stock. For now.”

From "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen