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belong

[bih-lawng, -long] / bɪˈlɔŋ, -ˈlɒŋ /




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These implements belong to the Acheulian tradition, one of the oldest and most widespread stone tool technologies in human history.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 29, 2026

In the 2017 PBS documentary “Dolores,” Huerta’s son Emilio Huerta explains, “We soon recognized that my mother didn’t really belong to us.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 2026

The photographs on the sites are often stock images or, in at least one case, belong to a different British entrepreneur.

From BBC ● Oct. 24, 2026

Her message aims to appeal to voters’ interests and not just their ideology, a rejection of the idea that she’s someone who doesn’t belong in this country.

From Salon ● Oct. 21, 2026

“But the future’s even better,” Mr. Hodge said, as JB interjected, “No, you really don’t belong in the twenty-first century.”

From "Found" by Margaret Peterson Haddix

It took a year longer than expected, and there were obstacles along the way, but Sovereignty finally showed Saturday that he belongs among the greatest horses of any generation.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 31, 2026

BFT belongs to a class of enzymes called proteases, which cut other proteins.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 31, 2026

Listed as "captive-bred", it belongs to the world's rarest great ape species, with around 800 individuals remaining.

From Barron's ● Oct. 30, 2026

Fery, 24, made an unexpected run to the SW19 last four in July, but continued to prove he belongs among the world's best with a 6-4 5-7 6-4 win over Italy's Lorenzo Musetti in Vienna.

From BBC ● Oct. 29, 2026

Peugeot belongs to a particular genre of legal fictions called ‘limited liability companies’.

From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari

At 57, he married Nancy Randolph, 22 years his junior, who belonged to a first family of Virginia.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026

Earlier this week, Haiti handed four bodies over to special forces claiming they belonged to those of the missing servicemen, but Bukele said they did not match.

From BBC ● Oct. 29, 2026

What’s more, you can’t force someone to sell you a house that never belonged to you in the first place.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 23, 2026

The jet used in Ghosn's dramatic escape from Japan to Turkey belonged to TOA, a subsidiary of the Sodiat Group, though it was being operated by Turkish company MNG Jet during the fugitive journey.

From Barron's ● Oct. 23, 2026

“This belonged to her. I don’t know what half of it’s meant for.”

From "The Wrong Way Home" by Kate O’Shaughnessy

“Many immigrants figured out that sometimes they don’t have a sense of belonging and in the past few years that has been highlighted even more,” Suazo said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 29, 2026

A wallet belonging to a suspected attacker appeared to show more than $2.5 million in funds drawn from Polymarket user accounts, according to a Wall Street Journal review of wallet activity.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2026

These are the largest known fruiting bodies among fungi belonging to the phylum Ascomycota.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 26, 2026

The Sun reported Meghan's half-brother Thomas Markle Jnr claimed he found a stash of images belonging to his father at his former Philippines home.

From BBC ● Oct. 25, 2026

About 70,000 years ago, organisms belonging to the species Homo sapiens started to form even more elaborate structures called cultures.

From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari


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