possessions
Example Sentences
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The authorities are confiscating families’ properties, or setting such high bail for arrested family members that people are forced to sell their possessions, she said.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 22, 2026
For Linda Cantey, helping innovate to save people and possessions has helped her own healing.
From BBC • Jun. 3, 2026
And don’t post about your possessions or your trips out of town on social media.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 3, 2026
These included incentives such as daily reward streaks and systems which encourage social comparison by displaying other players' virtual possessions, it said.
From BBC • May 20, 2026
Since Pearl had been born they’d lived, by Mia’s count, in forty-six different towns, keeping their possessions to what would fit in a Volkswagen—in other words, to a bare minimum.
From "Little Fires Everywhere" by Celeste Ng
