packed (up or in)

past tense of pack (up or in)
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for packed (up or in)
Verb
  • When the gunfire ceased, additional resources were deployed to safely enter the residence, where Poulter was found deceased, police reported.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 10 Sep. 2025
  • The celebration of these paintings has never ceased.
    Chadd Scott, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Tropicana abandoned the glass of orange juice just six weeks after rolling it out and brought back the old orange-with-a-straw.
    Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN Money, 13 Sep. 2025
  • The revision of Merriam’s unabridged masterpiece was abandoned.
    Stefan Fatsis, The Atlantic, 13 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Once the inning ended a few minutes later, New York Mets manager Carlos Mendoza met Manaea in the dugout and led him down the tunnel.
    Will Sammon, New York Times, 10 Sep. 2025
  • Hearing for ethics complaint investigation findings delayed The Wausau Ethics Board ended its own investigation into the incident in July.
    Anna Kleiber, jsonline.com, 10 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • That alone is amazing, said Timbrook, Depue and a representative for the soft body armor vest that stopped a bullet from piercing the officer’s chest.
    Laura Bauer, Kansas City Star, 10 Sep. 2025
  • Clearly, when the justice reform was stopped was one point in time, in [20]21.
    Leila Fadel, NPR, 10 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Those warnings would explain that consumers can attempt to hold companies civilly or criminally liable for any loss or damages, the bill said, while warning that the product could be discontinued at any time.
    Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 11 Sep. 2025
  • The last MagSage battery pack was discontinued in 2023 and it was bought back, presumably, to make up for whatever the Air lacks.
    Janhoi McGregor, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The Clark County Fire Department said that tunnel boring operations had been temporarily halted at the site pending an ongoing accident investigation.
    Jessica Mathews, Fortune, 11 Sep. 2025
  • Preseason injuries and an abysmal start to the game halted any opportunity for the Dolphins to dominate on the ground, but where does that leave them moving forward?
    Hunter Mulholland, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Then the key to Finnish success in reducing homelessness is the housing-first model, where the logic is that you're not required to quit using alcohol or narcotics.
    Kristen Edgreen Kaufman, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Growing economic uncertainty has kept workers from quitting their jobs and has led businesses to slow down hiring decisions, experts say.
    Ana Teresa Solá, CNBC, 8 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • But some scientists, while endorsing the need to drastically reduce planet-heating pollution, warned against cutting off research into polar geoengineering.
    Laura Paddison, CNN Money, 9 Sep. 2025
  • This was in Brighton, in the south of England, in a valley, cut off from the outside world.
    Daniel D'Addario, Variety, 9 Sep. 2025
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“Packed (up or in).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/packed%20%28up%20or%20in%29. Accessed 15 Sep. 2025.

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