pack rat

Definition of pack ratnext

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Recent Examples of pack rat The pack rat, whose entire yard is filled with stuff — a total junkyard. 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 See All Example Sentences for pack rat
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Noun
  • The other three account types will permit savers to make withdrawals and deposits as needed, but the accounts will employ a variable rate that will change based on market conditions.
    Matt Richardson, CBS News, 18 June 2026
  • The distance between $167,970 and $44,115 is the architecture of American inequality, expressed in retirement savings data—a small cohort of high-balance savers dragging the average skyward while the rest of the country lives in the median.
    Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 17 June 2026
Noun
  • My mom was a bit of a hoarder of magazines.
    Max Berlinger, Vogue, 11 June 2026
  • As if breaking the law would offer a symbolic release from this double bind, the third video documents Liden trespassing into the apartment of an anonymous hoarder.
    Erika Landström, Artforum, 2 June 2026

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“Pack rat.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pack%20rat. Accessed 25 Jun. 2026.

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