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packed

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verb

past tense of pack
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as in bore
to wear or have on one's person a private detective packing a weapon

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Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of packed
Adjective
During the packed school board meeting, parents spoke up about the difference Zissi has made with their sons, helping them through growing pains and some serious life challenges, getting them to college. Karen Billing, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Oct. 2025 Add in a packed calendar of summer festivals, including the Taste of Syracuse and The Great New York State Fair, and Salt City makes a case as a year-round destination that balances tradition with fresh appeal. Lauren Dana Ellman, Travel + Leisure, 19 Oct. 2025
Verb
Distributors’ inboxes continued to receive the editorial request emails, but now those were packed with marketing drivers about virality. Sam Saideman, Rolling Stone, 28 Oct. 2025 Held in partnership with Riotur, the event featured large-scale infrastructure, including a full stage setup, public services, accessibility measures and a special security and mobility plan for the crowd that packed the Arcos. Alexandre De Melo, Billboard, 28 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for packed
Recent Examples of Synonyms for packed
Adjective
  • 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
  • For ten days in July, fighter jets roared, infantry exchanged fire in crowded streets, and mobile missile launchers twirled their payloads from sandy beachheads as part of its annual Han Kuang exercises.
    Charlie Campbell, Time, 23 Oct. 2025
  • Still, the incident highlights vulnerabilities in airport security, especially in crowded areas not overseen by TSA officers.
    Cindy Von Quednow, CNN Money, 23 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Despite the increasing isolation of Stalin’s Soviet Union from the rest of the world, Ioffe and his group were plugged into the international network of physicists throughout the 1920s and most of the 1930s.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 23 Oct. 2025
  • Whenever guard Tyler Herro returns from ankle surgery, he’ll be plugged into the starting group likely in Mitchell’s place.
    Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 23 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Matt Priest, president and CEO of the Footwear Distributors and Retailers Association, said in a telephone interview that many of the footwear products firms front loaded in early pre-tariff deliveries — particularly in women’s shoes — have sold through.
    Vicki M. Young, Footwear News, 27 Oct. 2025
  • The Bills may be able to find impact players in the secondary and/or the receivers room, though the market on the defensive interior is considerably less loaded in 2025.
    Max Dible, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Sacramento led by as many as 20 and carried a 71-54 lead into the halftime break.
    Jason Anderson, Sacbee.com, 23 Oct. 2025
  • The team’s elite rotation of Blake Snell, Yoshinobu Yamamoto, Tyler Glasnow and Ohtani has carried the load thus far.
    Ryan Canfield, FOXNews.com, 23 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Pumpkin seeds and hemp seeds are nutrient-dense foods that are commonly enjoyed as a snack and often added to recipes like smoothies, baked goods, and salads.
    Jillian Kubala, Health, 28 Oct. 2025
  • In extremely dense fog where visibility is near zero, the best course of action is to first turn on your hazard lights, then simply pull into a safe location such as a parking lot of a local business, and stop.
    CA Weather Bot, Sacbee.com, 28 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Galen Clavio walked into the student mailroom – back when student mailrooms were still a thing – and found an envelope stuffed in his mailbox.
    Dana O'Neil, CNN Money, 24 Oct. 2025
  • There are a variety of classic daifuku (mochi stuffed with red beans) to choose from, but the real knockouts here are the mochi that are themed around flowers, seasons, and small animals.
    Mae Hamilton, Travel + Leisure, 24 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • In a spot that previously housed a portico, an excavator can be seen consolidating the rubble to be hauled away.
    Thomas Bordeaux, CNN Money, 23 Oct. 2025
  • Nix put a perfect back-shoulder throw on him, and Sutton hauled it in.
    Parker Gabriel, Denver Post, 21 Oct. 2025

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“Packed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/packed. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.

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