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Recent Examples of pack rat
The pack rat, whose entire yard is filled with stuff — a total junkyard.
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Chi Varnado, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 May 2025
After a brief hike through some scrub, Wall finds a creosote bush studded with holes at the roots — evidence of pack rats that will provide the snake with sustenance.
—Alex Wigglesworth, Los Angeles Times, 5 May 2024
Working from the assumption that hoarding is a damaging psychological condition, and not just an annoying habit, the researchers got previously incorrigible pack rats to take videos and photos of their treasured possessions.
—Joe Queenan, WSJ, 9 Nov. 2023
Hoff has a unique combination of long experience with electronic design and long-standing pack rat habits.
—IEEE Spectrum, 8 Oct. 2022
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Chi Varnado, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 May 2025
After a brief hike through some scrub, Wall finds a creosote bush studded with holes at the roots — evidence of pack rats that will provide the snake with sustenance.
—Alex Wigglesworth, Los Angeles Times, 5 May 2024
Working from the assumption that hoarding is a damaging psychological condition, and not just an annoying habit, the researchers got previously incorrigible pack rats to take videos and photos of their treasured possessions.
—Joe Queenan, WSJ, 9 Nov. 2023
Hoff has a unique combination of long experience with electronic design and long-standing pack rat habits.
—IEEE Spectrum, 8 Oct. 2022
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pack rat
Noun
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To better understand the value of a CD versus a money market account, savers should start by crunching the interest-earning potential each offers now.—
Matt Richardson,
CBS News,
22 Apr. 2026
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Because the images rotate at a screen-saver pace, my advice would be to focus on the preparatory drawings and cartoons, which are like sparks thrown off some great, beautiful machine.—
Zachary Fine,
New Yorker,
20 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Combing through the collections, photographing, and filming can take months depending on the musicians’ hoarder status.—
Lily Moayeri,
SPIN,
6 Apr. 2026
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The cake hoarder had struck again.—
R. Eric Thomas,
Chicago Tribune,
19 Feb. 2026
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“Pack rat.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pack%20rat. Accessed 25 Apr. 2026.
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