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as in clusters
a number of things considered as a unit
ate a whole package of cookies at once
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Recent Examples of packages
Officials in Jamaica have activated nearly 600 shelters and closed major transportation hubs in anticipation of hazardous conditions, and have said that warehouses across the island are well-stocked with thousands of food packages ready for quick distribution if necessary.
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Daniel Orton, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Oct. 2025
Expect more packages of tangy gummies, riding off a meteoric high last year.
—Ramishah Maruf, CNN Money, 26 Oct. 2025
Argentina defaulted on foreign debts repeatedly and pleaded for bailout packages from the International Monetary Fund even more often.
—Edward Lotterman, Twin Cities, 26 Oct. 2025
Reese's peanut butter cups, which come in packages of one, two or four, are labeled gluten-free.
—Endia Fontanez, AZCentral.com, 25 Oct. 2025
Three packages of recalled What's In the Bowl products were sold by the retailer in Delafield and include two 3 oz.
—Eva Wen, jsonline.com, 25 Oct. 2025
From onboard drink packages to muster drills, there’s a lot for cruise newbies to take in.
—Nathan Diller, USA Today, 24 Oct. 2025
The Miami Dolphins could be forced to play Sunday’s game against the Atlanta Falcons without utilizing one of the team’s favorite offensive packages.
—Omar Kelly, Miami Herald, 24 Oct. 2025
While photography packages and wedding albums come with some turn-around time, a painting will be done at the end of the reception and can give couples a glimpse of the evening right away.
—Metro Creative Services, Boston Herald, 19 Oct. 2025
Daniel Orton, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Oct. 2025
Expect more packages of tangy gummies, riding off a meteoric high last year.
—Ramishah Maruf, CNN Money, 26 Oct. 2025
Argentina defaulted on foreign debts repeatedly and pleaded for bailout packages from the International Monetary Fund even more often.
—Edward Lotterman, Twin Cities, 26 Oct. 2025
Reese's peanut butter cups, which come in packages of one, two or four, are labeled gluten-free.
—Endia Fontanez, AZCentral.com, 25 Oct. 2025
Three packages of recalled What's In the Bowl products were sold by the retailer in Delafield and include two 3 oz.
—Eva Wen, jsonline.com, 25 Oct. 2025
From onboard drink packages to muster drills, there’s a lot for cruise newbies to take in.
—Nathan Diller, USA Today, 24 Oct. 2025
The Miami Dolphins could be forced to play Sunday’s game against the Atlanta Falcons without utilizing one of the team’s favorite offensive packages.
—Omar Kelly, Miami Herald, 24 Oct. 2025
While photography packages and wedding albums come with some turn-around time, a painting will be done at the end of the reception and can give couples a glimpse of the evening right away.
—Metro Creative Services, Boston Herald, 19 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for packages
Noun
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The new collection features 51 products, including club chairs, outdoor sofas, coffee tables, and multi-piece bundles made from a high-density polyethylene (HDPE) material.—
Claire Hoppe Norgaard,
Better Homes & Gardens,
28 Oct. 2025
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As streaming services like Netflix have exploded in popularity, tens of millions of US households have stopped subscribing to traditional cable bundles, meaning many homes can no longer simply turn on CNN.—
Brian Stelter,
CNN Money,
28 Oct. 2025
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Five clusters of uniformed girls press together, arms uplifted, each holding up another girl who balances on one leg.—
Rachel Monroe,
New Yorker,
25 Oct. 2025
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If conditions are right, the clusters swirl into a storm known as a tropical wave or tropical depression.—
Doyle Rice,
USA Today,
25 Oct. 2025
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With the help of vacuum bags, one traveler fit two pairs of jeans, two pairs of joggers, two jackets, socks and underwear, Nike slides, four shirts, and toiletries.—
Olivia Young,
Travel + Leisure,
28 Oct. 2025
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Interior-design firms are touting their ability to build restaurants around delivery, with bike parking, clear signage, dedicated entrances, wallfuls of cubbies to shove bags into—essentially trying to cram two experiences into a building that used to house one.—
Ellen Cushing,
The Atlantic,
27 Oct. 2025
Noun
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If needed, brown the chicken in 2 batches.—
Elizabeth Nelson,
Southern Living,
23 Oct. 2025
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Samples from multiple batches of each of the 23 different products were analyzed to assess total protein, arsenic, cadmium, lead and other elements.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
22 Oct. 2025
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Along with Grant, Geraint Jones — of the European Space Agency and principal investigator of the Comet Interceptor mission — was able to predict the ion tail crossing thanks to their Tailcatcher program, which is computer code that can track the movements of packets of solar wind material.—
Keith Cooper,
Space.com,
21 Oct. 2025
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Phonons are packets of heat energy, in the way that photons are packets of electromagnetic energy.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
20 Oct. 2025
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While largely conceptual in nature, the ramifications could soon help boost advancements in telecommunications and satellite arrays.—
Andrew Paul,
Popular Science,
23 Oct. 2025
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In both, a band of our galaxy, the Milky Way, is seen above Earth's horizon, with the space station's solar arrays and the Kibo exposed facility in the foreground.—
Robert Z. Pearlman,
Space.com,
17 Oct. 2025
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Officials from Arevon, an Arizona company that owns the facility, said 4 of 84 Tesla battery packs at the site burned.—
Paul Rogers,
Mercury News,
29 Oct. 2025
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The e-commerce data firm said variety packs account for about one-third of all candy sales, followed by hard candy, which has become the second-biggest moneymaker on Amazon.—
Deirdre Bardolf,
FOXNews.com,
29 Oct. 2025
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Acclaimed author and historian Toni Tipton-Martin has written about how this was a common practice in old recipe collections.—
Adrian Miller,
Southern Living,
28 Oct. 2025
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The Epiaceratherium itjilik fossil is permanently housed and curated in the Canadian Museum of Nature’s fossil collections.—
Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
28 Oct. 2025
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“Packages.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/packages. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.
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