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as in filled
containing or seeming to contain the greatest quantity or number possible
the auditorium was packed
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2
as in crowded
having little space between items or parts
a densely packed sequence of events
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as in plugged
to close up so that no empty spaces remain
carefully pack the food containers so we'll have as much as possible for the picnic
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as in loaded
to put into (something) as much as can be held or contained
I had packed the suitcase so tightly that it wouldn't close
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as in carried
to support and take from one place to another
remember to pack several changes of clothing
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Recent Examples of packed
Virginia Brown, Charlotte Observer, 11 Sep. 2025
On Tuesday, the Fashion Institute of Technology presented Act 5, the 2025 Fashion Designer Master of Fine Arts graduate runway show to a packed house at FIT‘s Art & Design Gallery in New York.
—Lisa Lockwood, Footwear News, 10 Sep. 2025
Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 16 Sep. 2025
Saturday will be packed for our fans with entertainment.
—Saajan Jogia, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Sep. 2025
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Adjective
From the sights, sounds, tastes and stories of Charlotte’s many diverse international communities to experiences that will send you into outer space, the Charlotte International Arts Festival returns this month for a packed third season.
—Virginia Brown, Charlotte Observer, 11 Sep. 2025
On Tuesday, the Fashion Institute of Technology presented Act 5, the 2025 Fashion Designer Master of Fine Arts graduate runway show to a packed house at FIT‘s Art & Design Gallery in New York.
—Lisa Lockwood, Footwear News, 10 Sep. 2025
Verb
The premieres packed theaters, the stars turned out, and crucially, the festival delivered both a headline deal and genuine awards buzz.
—Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 16 Sep. 2025
Saturday will be packed for our fans with entertainment.
—Saajan Jogia, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for packed
Adjective
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Streamline applications with pre-filled forms, especially to support internal mobility where workloads are high or digital access is limited.—
Expert Panel®,
Forbes.com,
14 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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At first glance, Nam-Joon Cho’s lab at Singapore’s Nanyang Technological University looks like your typical research facility—scientists toiling away, crowded workbenches, a hum of machinery in the background.—
Sandy Ong,
JSTOR Daily,
11 Sep. 2025
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The company has been around for over four decades, and other big-name tech companies, such as IBM, Microsoft, and Amazon, have made the cloud services market more crowded than ever.—
Preston Fore,
Fortune,
11 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Although Harold is not literary fiction’s first obsessive ruminator, what makes Muscle Man feel so plugged into the moment is how common the predicament feels.—
Jeremy Gordon,
The Atlantic,
12 Sep. 2025
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For investors plugged into the Apple rumor mill, there were no major surprises.—
Zev Fima,
CNBC,
9 Sep. 2025
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Within seconds, we were loaded up and speeding away.—
Ken Harbaugh,
The Atlantic,
15 Sep. 2025
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Vance was seen carrying Kirk’s casket on the tarmac in Salt Lake City, Utah, while it was being loaded onto Air Force Two.—
Siladitya Ray,
Forbes.com,
15 Sep. 2025
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Only three currently represent districts Harris carried last year.—
W. James Antle III,
The Washington Examiner,
12 Sep. 2025
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The guardrail to this application is ensuring the rules, framework and sourcing are continually validated, and that assumptions are not allowed to be carried versus validated continually.—
Expert Panel®,
Forbes.com,
11 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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This happens when its dense stellar corpse is close enough to its companion star to allow its gravity to begin stripping away the partner's stellar material.—
Robert Lea,
Space.com,
16 Sep. 2025
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The resulting configuration provides much denser storage than conventional all flash parallel file systems.—
Thomas Coughlin,
Forbes.com,
16 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Best Twin Bed with Storage Kids notoriously have a lot of stuff, and when the dresser is packed and closets are stuffed, a storage bed can come in handy for those additional toys or out-of-season clothes.—
Erika Owen,
Architectural Digest,
11 Sep. 2025
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The victim in the case was just 7 years old when she was kidnapped, raped, strangled, stuffed in the trunk of a car and then thrown off a bridge after being wrapped in a blanket and having a bag tied over her head, according to the Worcester County District Attorney's Office.—
Chris Spargo,
PEOPLE,
11 Sep. 2025
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George Zinn was one of those captured in viral video footage being apprehended and hauled away by Utah authorities at the school following the murder.—
Emily Hallas,
The Washington Examiner,
12 Sep. 2025
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The Ryugu samples hauled home by Hayabusa2 contained larger quantities of hafnium isotopes compared to lutetium isotopes than were expected.—
Robert Lea,
Space.com,
10 Sep. 2025
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“Packed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/packed. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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