care package
noun
: a package of useful or pleasurable items that is sent or given as a gift to another (such as a college student)
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Thousands of miles away in Colorado, Melissa Johnston created flowcharts and care packages for those who would be left behind.
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Dalila Muata, NBC news, 24 Sep. 2025
The toaster, and many of their other housewares, had come in a care package from George Lucas’s production facility Skywalker Ranch.
—Dana Goodyear, New Yorker, 22 Sep. 2025
Every September and December, Broadbelt would stuff barrels with care packages, gifts and school supplies to send back to Jamaica, her original home.
—Devoun Cetoute, Miami Herald, 12 Sep. 2025
On top of that, the Wawa Foundation also sends care packages to troops, and the employees can receive tuition assistance.
—Lisa Cericola, Southern Living, 9 Sep. 2025
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Dalila Muata, NBC news, 24 Sep. 2025
The toaster, and many of their other housewares, had come in a care package from George Lucas’s production facility Skywalker Ranch.
—Dana Goodyear, New Yorker, 22 Sep. 2025
Every September and December, Broadbelt would stuff barrels with care packages, gifts and school supplies to send back to Jamaica, her original home.
—Devoun Cetoute, Miami Herald, 12 Sep. 2025
On top of that, the Wawa Foundation also sends care packages to troops, and the employees can receive tuition assistance.
—Lisa Cericola, Southern Living, 9 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for care package
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“Care package.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/care%20package. Accessed 30 Sep. 2025.
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