as in backpack
a soft-sided case designed for carrying belongings especially on the back
grabbed my knapsack from the hook and ran to catch my ride
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Recent Examples of knapsack
The video is a surrealist work of art, with Adams discovering bullets behind a picture frame, a crack pipe hidden in a knapsack, and a full-on gun inside of a throw pillow.
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Tyler Foggatt, New Yorker, 11 Aug. 2025
In the end, though, their scores on the knapsack test were no better than the placebo group.
—Paul Tough Eric Jason Martin Krish Seenivasan Brian St. Pierre, New York Times, 13 Apr. 2025
Todd has since amassed dozens of Pop Mart toys—many of whom accompany her on her overseas travels in a large brown knapsack—and nearly 250,000 followers who watch her unbox her toys and visit stores in search of limited editions.
—Miranda Jeyaretnam, Time, 26 Mar. 2025
More broadly, items that would be sold in sporting goods stores, such as tents, knapsacks, general outdoor wear, swimsuits, sails and lifejackets are also on the EU list.
—Brendan Coffey, Sportico.com, 13 Mar. 2025
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Tyler Foggatt, New Yorker, 11 Aug. 2025
In the end, though, their scores on the knapsack test were no better than the placebo group.
—Paul Tough Eric Jason Martin Krish Seenivasan Brian St. Pierre, New York Times, 13 Apr. 2025
Todd has since amassed dozens of Pop Mart toys—many of whom accompany her on her overseas travels in a large brown knapsack—and nearly 250,000 followers who watch her unbox her toys and visit stores in search of limited editions.
—Miranda Jeyaretnam, Time, 26 Mar. 2025
More broadly, items that would be sold in sporting goods stores, such as tents, knapsacks, general outdoor wear, swimsuits, sails and lifejackets are also on the EU list.
—Brendan Coffey, Sportico.com, 13 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for knapsack
backpack
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In an about-face on Monday, a federal judge has decided to hold an evidentiary hearing to determine if Luigi Mangione’s backpack was lawfully seized and searched inside an Altoona, Pennsylvania, McDonald’s during his arrest.—
Julia Bonavita , Maria Paronich,
FOXNews.com,
12 Jan. 2026
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Several Altoona officers testified during a three-week hearing in state court where Mangione is seeking to exclude evidence police seized from his backpack, including the alleged murder weapon, a notebook and writings.—
Aaron Katersky,
ABC News,
12 Jan. 2026
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“Knapsack.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/knapsack. Accessed 21 Jan. 2026.
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