pack (up or in)

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pack (up or in)
Verb
  • Eventually, the extended family gatherings ceased altogether.
    Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN Money, 12 Oct. 2025
  • Eventually, though, the wins and losses cease to matter.
    Paul Solotaroff, Rolling Stone, 12 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Trouble ahead Cernea’s decision to switch carriers hints at the worst-case scenario for UPS, which is that people could abandon the company.
    Kayla Steinberg, NBC news, 10 Oct. 2025
  • But it should be noted that people abandoning religion usually do so less vocally than those joining up.
    Big Think, Big Think, 9 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Get skillets, Dutch ovens, cake pans, and more before the sale ends.
    Caley Sturgill, Southern Living, 9 Oct. 2025
  • All federal employees who are not paid during the shutdown, whether they were furloughed or remained working, are entitled by law to back pay once the shutdown ends.
    Miranda Jeyaretnam, Time, 8 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Staff at The Free Press are eager to start working with CBS News; reporter Olivia Reingold appeared on CBS News Friday morning to discuss her report that anonymous NYPD officers had been threatening to quit the force if Zohran Mamdani is elected New York City mayor.
    Max Tani, semafor.com, 13 Oct. 2025
  • Apparently, many workers crash out and quit on the third Wednesday at the job.
    Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 13 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • But her six-figure salary didn’t stop her from using the Foundation as her personal piggy bank, records show.
    Michelle Marchante, Miami Herald, 12 Oct. 2025
  • Witkoff, Rubio, and Kushner then streamlined the proposal to a two-phase structure—first, a ceasefire and exchange of hostages and prisoners to stop the fighting; second, a framework for Gaza's future, including disarmament and a technocratic transitional government.
    Eric Cortellessa, Time, 11 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The sessions will take place as the IDFA Forum discontinues the conventional post-pitch feedback format.
    Leo Barraclough, Variety, 8 Oct. 2025
  • Fans have reported across social media that the wholesale retailer has a new cake that is not unlike a fan-favorite dessert discontinued five years ago.
    Sabrina Weiss, PEOPLE, 8 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The closure has halted routine government operations, shuttered Smithsonian museums and other landmark cultural institutions and left airports scrambling with flight disruptions, all injecting more uncertainty into an already precarious economy.
    Jason Ma, Fortune, 13 Oct. 2025
  • This condition is primarily caused by genetic defects that severely disrupt or halt the complex process of sperm production, known as spermatogenesis.
    Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 13 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The huge import taxes would come on top of the 44% tariff rate already in place on China, effectively cutting off trade between the world’s two largest economies, according to Wolfe Research.
    Spencer Kimball, CNBC, 14 Oct. 2025
  • During the first internet suspension, one father described to NPR how his daughters were quiet, pale and withdrawn after the internet was cut off.
    NPR, NPR, 14 Oct. 2025
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“Pack (up or in).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pack%20%28up%20or%20in%29. Accessed 15 Oct. 2025.

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