as in stuff
transportable items that one owns
gather your things and get out
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Recent Examples of things
However, Chuba Hubbard’s calf injury in the second quarter of the season opened things up for Dowdle to emerge.
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Charlotte Observer, 11 Jan. 2026
Jeff Klaiber took those things and molded Lehman into an Olympian, at times pushing boundaries and pushing Lehman to the brink.
—Andrew Carter, Chicago Tribune, 10 Jan. 2026
How about the little things, like mini bar, or shower goodies?
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 10 Jan. 2026
Hudson kept things simple, going sans necklace and wearing a pair of dainty diamond drop earrings.
—Meg Walters, InStyle, 10 Jan. 2026
Naming things was not as important as seeing them.
—Shelley Smith Special To The Democrat-Gazette, Arkansas Online, 10 Jan. 2026
Want to be kept up with all things Survivor?
—Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 10 Jan. 2026
Those on nine-month contracts must devote 480 hours to instruction — which can include things like lab work, clinical work and internships in addition to lecture time — over the course of the contract.
—Matthew Adams, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 8 Nov. 2025
Even ten films won’t move things if there’s no political will.
—Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 7 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for things
Noun
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In other words, pedestrian stuff that doesn’t light up social media or earn an invitation to hold forth on one of the Beltway chat shows.—
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Beyond politics, what about the more inside baseball industry stuff?—
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Rourke’s longtime assistant is on vacation, and while his team was first trying to avoid eviction altogether, the actor suddenly needed a new place to stay, movers and a storage shed for his belongings, none of which were in the offing.—
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The suspects hit him with the rifles and demanded belongings from him.—
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Zubimendi won possession 12 times during that match — the most by any Arsenal player in a game this season.—
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Troopers also seized an unregistered gun and ammunition from Cook, who is charged with trafficking 200 grams or more of cocaine, as well as unlawful possession of a firearm and ammunition.—
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As well as testing the various systems on board, the crew will be test subjects themselves, helping Nasa understand the effects that space travel has on their cognition, sleep, stress, immune responses and cardiovascular health.—
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Those qualities align with the ever-growing vintage denim market, and denim mills’ and brands’ quest to recreate worn effects.—
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Some of my tried-and-true hiking gear could definitely use a refresh.—
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Tri-State Fishing and Outdoor Show Don your camo gear and grab your fishing poles for the Tri-State Fishing and Outdoor Show.—
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“Things.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/things. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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