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meatpacking

noun

meat·​pack·​ing ˈmēt-ˌpa-kiŋ How to pronounce meatpacking (audio)
: the wholesale meat industry

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Upton Sinclair's The Jungle, published in 1905, exposed an even broader audience to the dangerous and unsanitary conditions of Chicago's meatpacking industry. Mikayla Price, CBS News, 3 Dec. 2025 In June, for example, 76 workers were arrested by federal immigration authorities at a Nebraska meatpacking company. Anna Giaritelli, The Washington Examiner, 24 Nov. 2025 Housed in a former Victorian meatpacking warehouse, Fabric is located just opposite Smithfield Meat Market. Zoey Goto, Travel + Leisure, 16 Nov. 2025 Federal officials have already raided, among others, California car washes and marijuana farms, a Louisiana racetrack, a Florida construction site and a Nebraska meatpacking plant. Trevor Hughes, USA Today, 10 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for meatpacking

Word History

First Known Use

1857, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of meatpacking was in 1857

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“Meatpacking.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/meatpacking. Accessed 6 Dec. 2025.

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