packed (up or in)

past tense of pack (up or in)
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Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for packed (up or in)
Verb
  • Most importantly, he was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease in 1994 and ceased all political activities soon afterward.
    W. James Antle III, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 14 Mar. 2025
  • The New York Giants’ high hopes for him last year quickly faded and completely ceased after the Giants lost in overtime to the Carolina Panthers in Germany — a game in which Jones only threw for 190 yards and was intercepted twice.
    Mike Kaye, Charlotte Observer, 13 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • In April 2023, Blue Island leveled another complaint against the nonprofit asking a judge to declare the property in violation of the city’s building codes, dangerous, unsafe and abandoned, court records show.
    Samantha Moilanen, Chicago Tribune, 14 Apr. 2025
  • They were abandoned in 1959 when outpaced by technology.
    Michael Peregrine, Chicago Tribune, 14 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • However, an avalanche, which claimed the lives of multiple sherpas in 2014, ended the shoot early.
    Samantha Stutsman, People.com, 22 Mar. 2025
  • While the Heat’s losing skid continued, another streak ended.
    Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 22 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • Details matter, as the characters in Season 2 never stopped reminding us.
    Erik Kain, Forbes, 8 Jan. 2025
  • In the first day or so after the snow stopped falling, Unified Government crews focused on clearing major thoroughfares.
    Alecia Taylor, Kansas City Star, 8 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • In 2018 customers were shocked when Urban Decay discontinued one of its most iconic products, the original Naked Palette.
    Lindy Segal, Glamour, 7 Mar. 2025
  • Sony discontinued the cameras in short order.
    Eric Zeman, PCMAG, 4 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • After an impressive 380-day reign as the Women's World Champion, her momentum was abruptly halted in April 2024 when an injury, courtesy of Liv Morgan, forced her to relinquish the title.
    David Faris, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 Apr. 2025
  • Some ceased vaccination clinics, halted wastewater surveillance programs and even terminated a contract with the courier service that transports specimens to state labs to test for infectious diseases.
    Duaa Eldeib, ProPublica, 11 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • In March 2025, 3.3 million Americans voluntarily quit their jobs.
    Cheryl Robinson, Forbes.com, 3 May 2025
  • But still the Kings would not quit, with Spence scoring two minutes before the second intermission to keep the score close.
    Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 2 May 2025
Verb
  • Today, the city’s main protection against high tides is the MOSE set of flood barriers that rises from the seabed to cut off the lagoon from the Adriatic during exceptionally high tides.
    Julia Buckley, CNN Money, 4 May 2025
  • They’re designed to minimize the risk of electric shock by cutting off power when, for example, a hair dryer falls into a sink.
    Akielly Hu, Wired News, 3 May 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 13 May. 2025.

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