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
Camus’ slim novel is wedded to Meursault’s point-of-view and he is framed as a man ultimately condemned by his failure to appropriately perform grief, with the wider social implications of his character left to the reader to unpack.
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Sophie Monks Kaufman, IndieWire, 2 Sep. 2025
Featuring the good, the bad and the ugly, ‘Look of the Week’ is a regular series dedicated to unpacking the most talked about outfit of the last seven days.
—Leah Dolan, CNN Money, 1 Sep. 2025
There is so much to unpack here!
—Rachel McRady, People.com, 1 Sep. 2025
In a 2023 post, NATO's Strategic Warfare Development Command unpacked a relatively new concept known as cognitive warfare.
—Mary Crossan, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2025
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Sophie Monks Kaufman, IndieWire, 2 Sep. 2025
Featuring the good, the bad and the ugly, ‘Look of the Week’ is a regular series dedicated to unpacking the most talked about outfit of the last seven days.
—Leah Dolan, CNN Money, 1 Sep. 2025
There is so much to unpack here!
—Rachel McRady, People.com, 1 Sep. 2025
In a 2023 post, NATO's Strategic Warfare Development Command unpacked a relatively new concept known as cognitive warfare.
—Mary Crossan, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unpack
unload
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The pressure is always on the taker, the player standing, gulping, trying desperately not to unload their lunch onto the turf, preparing to do something theoretically simple — kick the ball into the net from 12 yards with only one opponent able to stop them.—
Nick Miller,
New York Times,
4 Sep. 2025
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Some overseas investors have also been unloading government bonds and rotating into Japanese equities , driving its stock markets to fresh highs, analysts who spoke to CNBC noted.—
Lee Ying Shan,
CNBC,
3 Sep. 2025
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“Unpack.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unpack. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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