- present participle of belong.
belonging
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The band also played in Londonderry earlier this year where they were presented with shirts belonging to local clubs.
From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026
A drone caused a fire at a data centre belonging to Russian technology company Yandex, the company told AFP Thursday, in the first such strike of its kind on Russia.
From Barron's ● Oct. 8, 2026
Probing it, they discovered that OpenAI agents had attempted to penetrate sites belonging to the Australian government.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026
But growing up in Los Angeles, he found a sense of belonging in a multicultural community that gave him an appreciation for different cultures, cuisines and music.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026
My friends in Cambridge had become a kind of family, and I felt a sense of belonging with them that, for many years, had been absent on Buck’s Peak.
From "Educated" by Tara Westover
At the time, it was unclear whose belongings were being transported.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 9, 2026
The all-clear sounds at 2:27 a.m., and people along the platform begin to pack up their belongings.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 4, 2026
That includes financial assets, investment accounts, intellectual property, personal belongings and other assets used for retirement or financial planning.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026
Thidarat Silsuwan, who lives alone in her partially submerged house along the Premprachakorn canal, said she did not want to go to a shelter as she worked to clean up and salvage her belongings.
From Barron's ● Sep. 27, 2026
Joey Guerrero doesn’t just bring a small bag of belongings to Carville—she also brings unprecedented celebrity.
From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly
