pack rat

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Recent Examples of pack rat One of my favorite episodes features the pack rats Patty and Debra. Morgan Meis, The New Yorker, 28 Feb. 2023 Fortunately for history, Stuart was something of a pack rat. Thomas Doherty, The Hollywood Reporter, 4 Feb. 2023 Hoff has a unique combination of long experience with electronic design and long-standing pack rat habits. IEEE Spectrum, 8 Oct. 2022 Agents were told that Trump was a pack rat who had been personally overseeing his collection of White House records since even before leaving Washington and had been reluctant to return anything. Anchorage Daily News, 24 Aug. 2022 See All Example Sentences for pack rat
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Noun
  • Bottom line Precious metals can be a useful diversification tool for retirement savers.
    Sharon Wu, USA Today, 29 Jan. 2026
  • But there are better, more effective and predictable ways for savers to boost their money now via short-term certificate of deposit (CD) accounts.
    CBS News, CBS News, 28 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • And her grandmother was a straight-up hoarder, living in this hoard house.
    Mike Miller, Entertainment Weekly, 15 Jan. 2026
  • An early morning fire at a south Sacramento home was difficult to fight due to hoarder conditions, firefighters say.
    Cecilio Padilla, CBS News, 10 Dec. 2025

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“Pack rat.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pack%20rat. Accessed 31 Jan. 2026.

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