unpacked; unpacking; unpacks
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2
: to remove or undo from packing or a container
unpacked his gear
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: to analyze the nature of by examining in detail : explicate
unpack a concept
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: decompress sense 2
unpack a compressed file
: to engage in unpacking a container
unpacker
noun
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Examples of unpack in a Sentence
It's been a year since I moved here and I still haven't unpacked all of my books.
I unpacked my suitcase as soon as I arrived home.
By the time we got to the hotel, I was too tired to unpack.
She's good at unpacking complex concepts.
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Editor’s Note: Featuring the good, the bad and the ugly, ‘Look of the Week’ is a regular series dedicated to unpacking the most talked about outfit of the last seven days.
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Leah Dolan, CNN, 14 Aug. 2024
This story first appeared in The Highlight, Vox’s digital magazine unpacking the big ideas changing our present and shaping our future.
—Charley Locke, Vox, 12 Aug. 2024
Each week on Not Just Football, Heyward and his co-host and best friend of 20 years, Hayden Walsh unpack the biggest stories from around the NFL and share their unfiltered thoughts on the latest sports and pop culture news.
—Sportico Staff, Sportico.com, 9 Aug. 2024
The movie opens in a classroom at Calumet High School, home of the Wolverines, where, against the backdrop of an idyllic Rocky Mountain community, incoming communist paratroopers unpack weapons crates and begin mowing down everyone and everything in sight.
—TIME, 9 Aug. 2024
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Leah Dolan, CNN, 14 Aug. 2024
This story first appeared in The Highlight, Vox’s digital magazine unpacking the big ideas changing our present and shaping our future.
—Charley Locke, Vox, 12 Aug. 2024
Each week on Not Just Football, Heyward and his co-host and best friend of 20 years, Hayden Walsh unpack the biggest stories from around the NFL and share their unfiltered thoughts on the latest sports and pop culture news.
—Sportico Staff, Sportico.com, 9 Aug. 2024
The movie opens in a classroom at Calumet High School, home of the Wolverines, where, against the backdrop of an idyllic Rocky Mountain community, incoming communist paratroopers unpack weapons crates and begin mowing down everyone and everything in sight.
—TIME, 9 Aug. 2024
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“Unpack.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unpack. Accessed 11 Sep. 2024.
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unpack
verb
un·pack
ˌən-ˈpak 
ˈən-
1
: to separate and remove things packed
got home and unpacked
2
: to open and remove the contents of
unpack a trunk
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