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The phrase "Personal effects" is correct and usable in written English.
It is typically used to refer to items that belong to an individual, often in the context of belongings or possessions.
Example: "After the accident, the authorities collected her personal effects and returned them to her family."
Alternatives: "Personal belongings" or "Personal items".
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Personal effects
noun
Plural of personal effect
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Personal effects collect on available ledges; clothes pile up on free surfaces and dangle from hooks.
But these personal effects have outlived the persons who used them.
My bag with my personal effects.
"I own all the personal effects.
They put love letters from her among his personal effects.
Often it returns personal effects to victims' next of kin.
Scottish investigators recovered his personal effects from the crash site.
They carried along clothes and other personal effects.
They confiscated everything, mobile phones, laptops, cameras and personal effects.
The boxes contained scattered bones and personal effects.
A few small routine assemblages involving found beer bottles are identified as his personal effects.
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