- present participle of belong.
belonging
Example Sentences
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To investigate the question, the researchers included 17 fossils belonging to what they describe as the "Tyrannosaurus rex species complex," a term acknowledging the possibility that more than one species or subspecies could be represented.
From Science Daily • Jun. 22, 2026
The surprise, the emotional hit, the sense of belonging to a community of collectors.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 22, 2026
They’re survival habits, so they are brilliant and laudable ways that you learned to secure safety, belonging, and worth outside of yourself when that felt like the only option.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 15, 2026
It conducts the initial research about the organization being targeted, discovers email accounts belonging to executives, then builds a phishing attack to steal their email login credentials, he said.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 12, 2026
They turned and stared up at the cabin supposedly belonging to Hesterfowl.
From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman
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