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action-packed

adjective

: filled with action, danger, and excitement
an action-packed adventure movie

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Fan favorites, including Millie Bobby Brown, Noah Schapp, Finn Wolfhard, Sadie Sink, Maya Hawke, David Harbour, Wynona Rider, and Gaten Matarazzo, returned for one final, dramatic, and action-packed run. Matthew Couden, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Dec. 2025 Often snowy and cozy, entirely comedic or lightly dramatic, action-packed but in a practical way, featuring generations of women, ideally originally released between September and November … and always best enjoyed on videotape by the fire. Alex Ross Perry, Vulture, 27 Nov. 2025 And with the final season of Stranger Things is set to be the most spooky and action-packed yet (the first part drops November 26), expect more daring designs on M.B.B. to follow suit. Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 14 Nov. 2025 Under its Venusian spell, beauty, truth and harmony take center stage, but don’t be fooled as the weeks ahead are action-packed. Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 22 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for action-packed

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

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