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
There’s a lot to unpack from this episode, including what appears to be the evolution of the Infected.
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Katie Campione, Deadline, 13 Apr. 2025
The soldiers quickly unpacked their M-4 assault rifles, rocket tubes and belt-fed machine guns and deployed to the quiet snowbound forests, dressed in Arctic whites and vaporproof boots.
—Jim Huylebroek, New York Times, 12 Apr. 2025
As a person diagnosed with bipolar disorder at age 40, her mind offers a lot to unpack.
—Nate Jackson, Los Angeles Times, 10 Apr. 2025
From there, three large galleries unpack three core Pan-African philosophies: Garveyism, Négritude, and Quilombismo.
—Joseph L. Underwood, ARTnews.com, 27 Mar. 2025
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Katie Campione, Deadline, 13 Apr. 2025
The soldiers quickly unpacked their M-4 assault rifles, rocket tubes and belt-fed machine guns and deployed to the quiet snowbound forests, dressed in Arctic whites and vaporproof boots.
—Jim Huylebroek, New York Times, 12 Apr. 2025
As a person diagnosed with bipolar disorder at age 40, her mind offers a lot to unpack.
—Nate Jackson, Los Angeles Times, 10 Apr. 2025
From there, three large galleries unpack three core Pan-African philosophies: Garveyism, Négritude, and Quilombismo.
—Joseph L. Underwood, ARTnews.com, 27 Mar. 2025
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With no market closure to shield shares from Trump's threats, investors unloaded their stocks.—
Yeo Boon Ping,
CNBC,
22 Apr. 2025
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The businesswoman is unloading the five bedroom, six bathroom, 10,338-square-footer, the largest of the 10 penthouses there, for a cool $24 million. Perks?—
Madeleine Marr,
Miami Herald,
18 Apr. 2025
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“Unpack.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unpack. Accessed 2 May. 2025.
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