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paraphernalia

[par-uh-fer-neyl-yuh, -fuh-neyl-] / ˌpær ə fərˈneɪl yə, -fəˈneɪl- /


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She has, and continues to collect, pop star dolls and paraphernalia.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 15, 2026

Police found no drug paraphernalia, no traces of heroin in room 112, and nothing among Charmain's belongings.

From BBC • Apr. 11, 2026

"Winnie the Pooh is all of us," said Kevin Kern, senior manager of research at the Walt Disney Archives in Burbank, California, where all kinds of Pooh paraphernalia are neatly catalogued.

From Barron's • Mar. 10, 2026

I see now that it’s easy to be cavalier about the paraphernalia of aging when you know they are only temporary.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 18, 2025

They were a medicine man’s paraphernalia, laid beside the painted gourd rattles and deer-hoof clackers of the ceremony.

From "Ceremony:" by Leslie Marmon Silko




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