as in to unload
to empty or rid of cargo
unpacked the car the minute they got back from vacation
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Recent Examples of unpack
Specifically by unpacking Yasmin’s issues with her philandering father.
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Marcus Jones, IndieWire, 8 June 2026
Alysha was in the kitchen, unpacking from their weekend away.
—Meghan O'Brien, NBC news, 7 June 2026
After their arrival on May 25, the family finished unpacking, then Colleen Robertson and her young daughter Quinn went to look at the nearby horses.
—Christa Swanson, CBS News, 6 June 2026
Read on to unpack those crucial final moments, including whether or not Coop and his best buddies got away with murder.
—Emily Blackwood, PEOPLE, 5 June 2026
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Marcus Jones, IndieWire, 8 June 2026
Alysha was in the kitchen, unpacking from their weekend away.
—Meghan O'Brien, NBC news, 7 June 2026
After their arrival on May 25, the family finished unpacking, then Colleen Robertson and her young daughter Quinn went to look at the nearby horses.
—Christa Swanson, CBS News, 6 June 2026
Read on to unpack those crucial final moments, including whether or not Coop and his best buddies got away with murder.
—Emily Blackwood, PEOPLE, 5 June 2026
See All Example Sentences for unpack
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unpack
unload
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Now that games are almost here, and FIFA has already made the bulk of its group stage money, the organization must figure out how to unload the rest of its unsold inventory so as to limit the number of empty seats.—
Eben Novy-Williams,
Sportico.com,
10 June 2026
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Teenagers run wild with guns and don't think twice to unload their weapons.—
Joe Kinsey OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
8 June 2026
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“Unpack.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unpack. Accessed 15 Jun. 2026.
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