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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.
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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.
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Joe Queenan,
WSJ,
9 Nov. 2023
Hoff has a unique combination of long experience with electronic design and long-standing pack rat habits.
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IEEE Spectrum,
8 Oct. 2022
See All Example Sentences for pack rat
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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With a 10-year CD, for example, savers will grow their money by more than $10,000, though the term will only be appropriate for those who can comfortably afford to part with their money for that length of time.
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Some of the most cautious money in the country now helps pay for the construction of artificial-intelligence data centers, and the savers behind it did not choose that and have not been told.
Noun
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My mom was a bit of a hoarder of magazines.
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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.
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“Pack rat.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pack%20rat. Accessed 2 Jul. 2026.
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