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as in packed
containing or seeming to contain the greatest quantity or number possible
a film jam-packed with spectacular action sequences
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as in crowded
having little space between items or parts
the jam-packed placement of the chicken pieces in the frying pan prevented them from browning properly
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as in filled
to put into (something) as much as can be held or contained
we jam-packed the box with goodies for our sick friend
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Recent Examples of jam-packed
Emma Sandler, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
Winemana 2-Pack Gourd and Berries Vase Decor This set of farmhouse-rustic wood vases are jam-packed with lifelike pumpkins, maple leaves, berries, and greenery.
—Mariana Best, Better Homes & Gardens, 5 Sep. 2025
The Most Underrated Vacation Spot There are lots of sweet little beach towns across the South that check all of those boxes, and many of them—understandably—are jam-packed with tourists during the spring and summer months.
—Lisa Cericola, Southern Living, 4 Sep. 2025
The headline galas are jam-packed with Hollywood’s top talent.
—Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2025
August has been a month jam-packed with cosmic phenomena visible from Earth – from nebulas to meteor showers to planetary conjunctions.
—Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 20 Aug. 2025
The Track List Is Unhinged The Life of a Showgirl track list is jam-packed with thrilling song titles.
—Maya Georgi, Rolling Stone, 14 Aug. 2025
The chief executive leading a billion-dollar company has 12-hour workdays jam-packed with meetings with his direct-reports, employees, and mentors.
—Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 5 Aug. 2025
Verb
Instead, Alice Mushrooms products are jam-packed with ingredients like organic Lion’s Mane, organic Cordyceps extracts, Ashwaganda and Reishi mushrooms.
—Emma Sandler, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
Winemana 2-Pack Gourd and Berries Vase Decor This set of farmhouse-rustic wood vases are jam-packed with lifelike pumpkins, maple leaves, berries, and greenery.
—Mariana Best, Better Homes & Gardens, 5 Sep. 2025
The Most Underrated Vacation Spot There are lots of sweet little beach towns across the South that check all of those boxes, and many of them—understandably—are jam-packed with tourists during the spring and summer months.
—Lisa Cericola, Southern Living, 4 Sep. 2025
The headline galas are jam-packed with Hollywood’s top talent.
—Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2025
August has been a month jam-packed with cosmic phenomena visible from Earth – from nebulas to meteor showers to planetary conjunctions.
—Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 20 Aug. 2025
The Track List Is Unhinged The Life of a Showgirl track list is jam-packed with thrilling song titles.
—Maya Georgi, Rolling Stone, 14 Aug. 2025
The chief executive leading a billion-dollar company has 12-hour workdays jam-packed with meetings with his direct-reports, employees, and mentors.
—Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 5 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for jam-packed
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In six months, the site has grown from 600 people fleeing gang attacks in nearby Delmas 30 to 5,000 people from all over the capital, sheltering in packed government offices and makeshift shacks.—
Jacqueline Charles,
Miami Herald,
15 Sep. 2025
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His energy at his Century club gig was infectious resulting in a frenzied, packed dance floor.—
Joanne Shurvell,
Forbes.com,
15 Sep. 2025
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At first glance, Nam-Joon Cho’s lab at Singapore’s Nanyang Technological University looks like your typical research facility—scientists toiling away, crowded workbenches, a hum of machinery in the background.—
Sandy Ong,
JSTOR Daily,
11 Sep. 2025
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The company has been around for over four decades, and other big-name tech companies, such as IBM, Microsoft, and Amazon, have made the cloud services market more crowded than ever.—
Preston Fore,
Fortune,
11 Sep. 2025
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But the bond of family and a home filled with foreign languages and love prepared him for a life that would require adaptability, grit and vision.—
Janee Bolden,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 Sep. 2025
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While the interior design industry is filled with women, there are very few female executives.—
Amanda Lauren,
Forbes.com,
17 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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This happens when its dense stellar corpse is close enough to its companion star to allow its gravity to begin stripping away the partner's stellar material.—
Robert Lea,
Space.com,
16 Sep. 2025
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The resulting configuration provides much denser storage than conventional all flash parallel file systems.—
Thomas Coughlin,
Forbes.com,
16 Sep. 2025
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Within seconds, we were loaded up and speeding away.—
Ken Harbaugh,
The Atlantic,
15 Sep. 2025
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Vance was seen carrying Kirk’s casket on the tarmac in Salt Lake City, Utah, while it was being loaded onto Air Force Two.—
Siladitya Ray,
Forbes.com,
15 Sep. 2025
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Credit spreads are at their tightest in about 20 years, meaning there is little difference in yields between corporate bonds compared to government bonds.—
Sasha Rogelberg,
Fortune,
12 Sep. 2025
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The project, created under tight deadlines and with hobby-grade parts, is now on track for wider military use.—
Kapil Kajal,
Interesting Engineering,
12 Sep. 2025
Verb
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They’re also made with arch support and a toe box that’s not too narrow or crammed, per the brand, plus the rubber sole offers a nice cushioned platform with each step.—
Alyssa Grabinski,
PEOPLE,
8 Sep. 2025
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Hundreds of shops at CST Road are crammed along half a mile of bumpy road with cackling traffic.—
Omkar Khandekar,
NPR,
6 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Here is a look at the full card.—
Brian Mazique,
Forbes.com,
17 Sep. 2025
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Coach Justin Wilcox has guided the Golden Bears to bowl games in four of his seven full seasons at Berkeley.—
Kirk Kenney,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
17 Sep. 2025
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“Jam-packed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/jam-packed. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.
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