as in unloading
to empty or rid of cargo
unpacked the car the minute they got back from vacation
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Recent Examples of unpacking
Keep in mind, there are also often guest service perks available; Ali shares that visitors appreciate Langham’s butler suite services, which include unpacking, ironing, and arranging wardrobes for guests.
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Kristin Braswell, Travel + Leisure, 25 Oct. 2025
Now, Ben and his sister Amy Stiller are looking back at the hours of footage their parents left behind, unpacking their legacy — both personally and professionally.
—Rebecca Aizin, PEOPLE, 24 Oct. 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, 23 Oct. 2025
The artwork was not known to be missing until cultural center employees began unpacking the artworks three days later.
—Michelle Del Rey, USA Today, 21 Oct. 2025
None of the elephants in the room will be ignored at the fourth edition of the Venice Sustainable Fashion Forum, the yearly summit aimed at unpacking the ongoing eco-journey for the fashion and textile sector.
—Martino Carrera, Footwear News, 7 Oct. 2025
Needless to say, unpacking how the climate risk and resilience landscape is unfolding requires more than a few Climate Week panels or a single newsletter.
—Justin Worland, Time, 3 Oct. 2025
Both a personal coming-of-age story and a snapshot of a transformative era in music and nightlife, the book recounts the elite record producer’s early years, unpacking how his upbringing and family life informed his tastes, ambitions, and eventual path into DJing in ’90s NYC.
—Matt Grobar, Deadline, 3 Oct. 2025
The experts weighed in on the debate, unpacking the hallmarks of this early-2000s trend, why its rustic luxury still resonates two decades later, and how to bring the soul of Tuscany home under a 2025 lens.
—Sophie Flaxman, Better Homes & Gardens, 9 Sep. 2025
Kristin Braswell, Travel + Leisure, 25 Oct. 2025
Now, Ben and his sister Amy Stiller are looking back at the hours of footage their parents left behind, unpacking their legacy — both personally and professionally.
—Rebecca Aizin, PEOPLE, 24 Oct. 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, 23 Oct. 2025
The artwork was not known to be missing until cultural center employees began unpacking the artworks three days later.
—Michelle Del Rey, USA Today, 21 Oct. 2025
None of the elephants in the room will be ignored at the fourth edition of the Venice Sustainable Fashion Forum, the yearly summit aimed at unpacking the ongoing eco-journey for the fashion and textile sector.
—Martino Carrera, Footwear News, 7 Oct. 2025
Needless to say, unpacking how the climate risk and resilience landscape is unfolding requires more than a few Climate Week panels or a single newsletter.
—Justin Worland, Time, 3 Oct. 2025
Both a personal coming-of-age story and a snapshot of a transformative era in music and nightlife, the book recounts the elite record producer’s early years, unpacking how his upbringing and family life informed his tastes, ambitions, and eventual path into DJing in ’90s NYC.
—Matt Grobar, Deadline, 3 Oct. 2025
The experts weighed in on the debate, unpacking the hallmarks of this early-2000s trend, why its rustic luxury still resonates two decades later, and how to bring the soul of Tuscany home under a 2025 lens.
—Sophie Flaxman, Better Homes & Gardens, 9 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unpacking
unloading
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The first workers focused on key tasks including unloading and storing merchandise, preparing orders for physical and online stores and managing both ground and air shipments.—
Glenn Taylor,
Sourcing Journal,
23 Oct. 2025
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World War II also provides the backdrop for Concord’s Port Chicago Naval Magazine National Memorial, which honors 320 Black soldiers killed in a 1944 explosion while unloading munitions — a tragedy that led to desegregation of the military.—
Martha Ross,
Mercury News,
13 Oct. 2025
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