as in unloaded
to empty or rid of cargo
unpacked the car the minute they got back from vacation
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Recent Examples of unpacked
The character — and those punchlines — carry a different meaning today, as unpacked by this documentary about nonconformity and being seen.
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Chris Foran, jsonline.com, 3 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
Investment strategist Joachim Klement highlighted the results, and Journalist Andrew Curry unpacked them in an analysis on his personal blog, thenextwave (also reposted by Resilience).
—Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 22 Aug. 2025
There is a lot more there that might need to be unpacked in the offseason.
—Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Aug. 2025
Chris Foran, jsonline.com, 3 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
Investment strategist Joachim Klement highlighted the results, and Journalist Andrew Curry unpacked them in an analysis on his personal blog, thenextwave (also reposted by Resilience).
—Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 22 Aug. 2025
There is a lot more there that might need to be unpacked in the offseason.
—Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unpacked
unloaded
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On a recent morning, sweaty workers unloaded cargo boats by hand, carrying crates of beer, sacks of rice, and bags of flour on their shoulders 100 yards up the muddy riverbank to trucks waiting on the wharf.—
John Otis,
NPR,
7 Sep. 2025
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Early on, Paul unloaded on Cena with some punches to the gut in the corner.—
Blake Oestriecher,
Forbes.com,
31 Aug. 2025
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“Unpacked.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unpacked. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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