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as in salary
British
the money paid regularly to a person for labor or services
his monthly wage packet contained just enough to allow him to rent a one-bedroom flat
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as in bundle
chiefly British
a very large amount of money
that town house in Mayfair cost a packet
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Recent Examples of packet
Yes, the little packets tucked inside a new pair of shoes.
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Cody Godwin, USA Today, 30 Aug. 2025
Because the header can be read, the system can wrap both types of data into internet-style packets and route them with existing protocols.
—Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 29 Aug. 2025
How many federal agents will be deployed to Great Lakes is unknown, but hopefully Lake County tourism marketeers already are preparing packets for the visitors, outlining sights and attractions available when rest and relaxation breaks are taken after a tough tour of duty in Chicago.
—Charles Selle, Chicago Tribune, 29 Aug. 2025
These pigment cells come in packets called melanosomes.
—Andrea Muraskin, NPR, 23 Aug. 2025
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Cody Godwin, USA Today, 30 Aug. 2025
Because the header can be read, the system can wrap both types of data into internet-style packets and route them with existing protocols.
—Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 29 Aug. 2025
How many federal agents will be deployed to Great Lakes is unknown, but hopefully Lake County tourism marketeers already are preparing packets for the visitors, outlining sights and attractions available when rest and relaxation breaks are taken after a tough tour of duty in Chicago.
—Charles Selle, Chicago Tribune, 29 Aug. 2025
These pigment cells come in packets called melanosomes.
—Andrea Muraskin, NPR, 23 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for packet
Noun
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Newsprint accessorized, equally as important as the bags upon which it was affixed.—
Anika Reed,
USA Today,
11 Sep. 2025
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Other transmissions mentioned aviator-style glasses, a black bag, black long pants and longer hair.—
Becca Longmire,
PEOPLE,
11 Sep. 2025
Noun
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This provision prohibits salary-cap circumvention, meaning arrangements by teams to compensate players outside of their employment contracts.—
Michael McCann,
Sportico.com,
5 Sep. 2025
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Workers injured on the job can receive regular payments based on their salary, plus coverage of medical bills to treat their injuries.—
TOM KERTSCHER,
jsonline.com,
5 Sep. 2025
Noun
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This 3-in-1 bundle deal includes an emergency air ambulance airplane, a construction excavator, and a fire rescue plane (with several mini-figures of course).—
John Mihaly,
PC Magazine,
5 Sep. 2025
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An 11-pound bundle of pygmy hippo joy was birthed at the John Ball Zoo in Grand Rapids this week.—
Natalie Davies,
Freep.com,
5 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The lucrative pay package would only take effect if Musk completes a series of goals in the coming years.—
Michelle Del Rey,
USA Today,
11 Sep. 2025
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Stepping up to the next package, the $529 Video Essentials package comes with everything in the Security Starter system and also gives you a choice of a Nest Doorbell or a Google Nest Cam.—
John R. Delaney,
PC Magazine,
11 Sep. 2025
Noun
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What does the gender wage gap mean for families?—
Madeline Mitchell,
USA Today,
10 Sep. 2025
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In making its economic forecast, Deloitte tracks a number of wage and income indicators, McCarthy said.—
Joan Verdon,
Forbes.com,
10 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The Panthers are paying their offensive line a fortune, and Hubbard is here for the long haul, focusing on those two variables is essential.—
DIAMOND VENCES,
Charlotte Observer,
10 Sep. 2025
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The Wall Street veteran was astonished by the Chouinards’ sincere desire to part with their fortune.—
Eleanor Pringle,
Fortune,
9 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Ross, one of the Democrats to decline AIPAC money, is a relative centrist, according to a GovTrack scorecard, while Foushee and McGarvey, Kentucky’s only House Democrat, are in the middle of the pack ideologically.—
David Sivak,
The Washington Examiner,
12 Sep. 2025
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Of course, the only reason Oracle is in this position is down to Ellison’s courting of Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang, which has allowed his company, previously a distinct back-of-the-pack cloud company, to secure a massive stockpile of top-of-the-line Nvidia GPUs.—
Jeremy Kahn,
Fortune,
11 Sep. 2025
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Likewise, the internet has made fundraising much easier with the use of online payment methods, which are easy to set up and difficult to trace.—
Richard Frankel,
ABC News,
11 Sep. 2025
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In most cases, at least 75% of federal funds must go directly to wages and benefits for participants, with the payments usually being made by the local and statewide organizations that recruit the participants and place them into host agencies.—
Cal J. Halvorsen,
The Conversation,
11 Sep. 2025
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“Packet.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/packet. Accessed 12 Sep. 2025.
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