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packs (up or in)

verb

present tense third-person singular of pack (up or in)
1
as in ceases
to bring (as an action or operation) to an immediate end the auto company is downsizing and will be packing up operations at the local plant

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2
as in abandons
to stop doing (something) permanently after two years of college, he decided to pack in that academic stuff and join the army

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for packs (up or in)
  1. ceases
  2. abandons
  3. ends
  4. quits
  5. stops
  6. drops
  7. halts
  8. discontinues
Verb
  • The audience ceases to be a destination for your voice and becomes the structure that shapes it.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 22 Sep. 2026
  • But ultimately, for Liu, the initial concept ceases to matter; the act of constructing the image itself becomes more important than the starting point.
    — Lavender Au, ARTnews.com, 21 Sep. 2026
Definition of ceases
Verb
  • Bonny abandons her film, recognizing how its obscuring her filial understanding.
    — Ryan Chapman, Literary Hub, 30 Sep. 2026
  • As Washington abandons talks with Iran for an aggressive economic pressure campaign, a cornered Tehran is now threatening military escalation and a wider war to force negotiators back to the table.
    — Mostafa Salem, CNN Money, 7 Sep. 2026
Definition of abandons
Verb
  • Experts, including Higel, are doubtful that the Iraqi government will be able to disarm the Iran-loyal groups even if war between Iran and the US ends.
    — Sarah Tamimi, CNN Money, 30 Sep. 2026
  • As for what’s going on with the cryptic buying up of team shares, that remains an ongoing mystery for much of the episode — one that ends without Higgins and Rebecca finding out who’s really behind the shenanigans.
    — Keith Phipps, Vulture, 30 Sep. 2026
Definition of ends
Verb
  • Except that Ruari quits university just days into the term to move back home without explanation.
    — Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 18 Sep. 2026
  • Enzo abruptly goes off-script, so to speak, and quits the Devillard estate to try his hand at mussel farming and pouf!
    — Jessica Kiang, Variety, 11 Sep. 2026
Definition of quits
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  • The Cowboys get the benefit of a Zay Flowers drop on third down that stops the red-hot Ravens offense in the red zone.
    — Jim Barnes, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 27 Sep. 2026
  • When Bender considers moving to a rival network, Wever fleshes out the tough carapace of a woman who, even under the thorniest of circumstances, never stops calculating her next move.
    — Justin Chang, New Yorker, 25 Sep. 2026
Definition of stops
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  • Catch season eight of All American on The CW app or watch all eight seasons on Netflix when the final season drops October 6.
    — Ronda Racha Penrice, HollywoodReporter, 29 Sep. 2026
  • Hilton credited red-light therapy with extending the life of her Chihuahua, Tinkerbell, to 25 years, a claim that helped launch the current pet trend and a wave of new product drops.
    — Hanna Wickes, Miami Herald, 28 Sep. 2026
Definition of drops
Verb
  • This natural inversion destroys leadership, fractures relationships and halts self-improvement.
    — Brendan Keegan, Forbes.com, 23 Sep. 2026
  • This halts the nuclear fusion process — which involves converting that hydrogen to helium — leading to the stars collapsing and shedding their outer layers to become a white dwarf with around the mass of the sun crammed into the width of Earth.
    — Robert Lea, Space.com, 16 Sep. 2026
Definition of halts
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  • Southwest Airlines announced that more than 100 employees' jobs would be affected this summer after the airline discontinues its service at Chicago's O’Hare International Airport.
    — Hannah Hudnall, USA Today, 9 Apr. 2026
  • The sessions will take place as the IDFA Forum discontinues the conventional post-pitch feedback format.
    — Leo Barraclough, Variety, 8 Oct. 2025
Definition of discontinues
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“Packs (up or in).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/packs%20%28up%20or%20in%29. Accessed 2 Oct. 2026.

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