pack rat

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Recent Examples of pack rat Hoff has a unique combination of long experience with electronic design and long-standing pack rat habits. IEEE Spectrum, 8 Oct. 2022 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 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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hoarder
Noun
  • This is an intriguing nudge to get under-performers to publicly discuss plans for turning themselves around or for cash hoarders to buy back stock and/or payout dividends.
    Shivaram Rajgopal, Forbes.com, 14 July 2025
  • According to Wasser, the attachment hoarders often feel for items has nothing to do with monetary value or even sentimental value.
    Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 27 June 2025

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“Pack rat.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pack%20rat. Accessed 27 Jul. 2025.

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