JAM-PACKING Synonyms: 51 Similar and Opposite Words

jam-packing

verb

present participle of jam-pack

as in filling

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-packing Instead of jam-packing your vacation with back-to-back excursions – which costs add up quickly for a family – enjoy the beautiful nature Hawaii is known for. — Kathleen Wong, USA Today, 21 Sep. 2025

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Silicon Valley’s bet that billions of agents will be out ordering food, booking travel, and filling up their humans’ shopping carts is running into an (admittedly early) reality check.

— Jake Angelo, semafor.com, 10 Nov. 2026
The Dodgers hired former Miami Marlins hitting coach Pedro Guerrero, filling the one opening on their coaching staff.

— Maddie Lee, Los Angeles Times, 10 Nov. 2026

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Imagine bringing up rabies to somebody who had just been bisected and then stuck back together with what, at least to him, looked like packing tape?

— Téa Obreht, New Yorker, 1 Nov. 2026
On Friday, the order took effect removing some of the 50 percent tariffs imposed on Canadian forestry and agricultural goods, including packing boxes and crates, paper products, plywood sheets, and certain machinery and refrigeration equipment.

— Kate Andrews, Washington Post, 1 Nov. 2026

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As with Starship Flight 14, SpaceX is loading Flight 15 with 26 operational Starlink V3 internet satellites.

— Tariq Malik, Space.com, 11 Nov. 2026
Prior to the new regulations going into effect, CBS Pittsburgh talked to one skill game distributor that was loading games onto a truck to be sent out of state.

— Mike Darnay, CBS News, 10 Nov. 2026

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