pack (up or in)

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pack (up or in)
Verb
  • They were told that all such groups would have to disband and cease their activities, which included outreach to employers and employees.
    E. Tammy Kim, The New Yorker, 31 Jan. 2025
  • California’s state and local governments can apply pressure by ceasing the collection of federal withholding tax dollars from their employees.
    Joe Mathews, The Mercury News, 31 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • That effort now appears to have come to an abrupt end as USAID contractors around the world prepare to abandon critical projects and lay off staff.
    Jake Bittle, WIRED, 8 Feb. 2025
  • This idea must be fought, stopped, and abandoned completely!
    Letters to the Editor, Orlando Sentinel, 8 Feb. 2025
Verb
  • The delay comes after the two countries agreed to take steps toward preventing the trafficking of fentanyl into the U.S. Markets stage comeback but still in the red All major U.S. indexes ended Monday in the red.
    Yeo Boon Ping, CNBC, 4 Feb. 2025
  • More light rain fell periodically through the Bay Area on Monday, continuing a pattern that began Friday and ended a nearly month-long stretch without precipitation.
    Rick Hurd, The Mercury News, 4 Feb. 2025
Verb
  • White nurses were afraid of the disease, quit, and sought employment elsewhere rather than risk infection.
    Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi, Discover Magazine, 8 Feb. 2025
  • But after having the same tired argument over and over again with no improvements to show for it, Amy decided to call it quits with a text.
    Julia Ries, SELF, 7 Feb. 2025
Verb
  • Andre then tried to stop the bleeding with a pair of used socks and another man's shirt.
    Charna Flam, People.com, 5 Feb. 2025
  • At least 10 killed in worst mass shooting in Sweden's history 01:33 BREAKFAST BROWSE Michael Jordan’s son arrested on drug charge The 34-year-old son of NBA great Michael Jordan was arrested Tuesday in Florida after police officers found his vehicle stopped on railroad tracks.
    Alexandra Banner, CNN, 5 Feb. 2025
Verb
  • Lifeguard services at Carver County beach facilities have been discontinued for 2024, according to a measure approved at the Carver County Board of Commissioners’ Feb. 6 meeting.
    Chuck Rupnow, Twin Cities, 6 Feb. 2025
  • Around 65% of patients without diabetes discontinued GLP-1s in less than one year, according to a study published Friday in JAMA Network Open, a medical journal.
    Annika Kim Constantino,Ashley Capoot, CNBC, 4 Feb. 2025
Verb
  • The judge’s order, issued early Saturday, temporarily halts access to a sensitive payment system that distributes Americans’ tax returns, Social Security benefits, disability payments and federal employees’ salaries.
    Andrew Torgan, CNN, 9 Feb. 2025
  • But there is now growing pushback in the courts to Musk's moves with judges taking actions to delay and halt many of DOGE's efforts, including their access to key Treasury Department payment systems.
    ABC News, ABC News, 9 Feb. 2025
Verb
  • Musk is leading Trump’s Department of Government Efficiency cost-cutting efforts, using a team of computer whizzes to access government agencies and payment systems to look for programs and people to cut off the payroll.
    Rachel Schilke, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 7 Feb. 2025
  • The model cut off her once-signature long blonde hair coming up to a year ago, in favor of a chin-skimming, tousled bob.
    Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 7 Feb. 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 13 Feb. 2025.

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