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unpacked

verb

past tense of unpack

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 Traditionally, a cargo consignment from Chennai to Frankfurt would need to be unpacked at Delhi Airport, with each individual package undergoing the security re-screening before being loaded onto an onward flight to Frankfurt. — Glenn Taylor, Footwear News, 26 Aug. 2026 Joined by Kristen Bell, Josh Gad and Idina Menzel — who voice Anna, Olaf and Elsa in Frozen, respectively — Jonas unpacked what went wrong in his bid to join the movie. — Rachel Raposas, PEOPLE, 20 Aug. 2026 As the planet’s eyes settled on our Midwestern town, the weekly SportsBeat podcast unpacked all the prime issues. — Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star, 19 Aug. 2026 Guests can still have luggage unpacked or repacked, clothing pressed, or coffee and tea brought to the room—an old-school perk that has endured for more than a century. — Regan Stephens, Travel + Leisure, 15 Aug. 2026 In a lengthy feature published Sunday, the New York Times unpacked how Oracle executive chairman and CTO Larry Ellison’s aggressive spending on AI has left his company so heavily leveraged that its bonds are nearing junk ratings. — Rob Pegoraro, PC Magazine, 11 Aug. 2026 That physical vulnerability was also matched emotionally, as the film unpacked her relationship with her American-esque family—Melina Vostokoff (Rachel Weisz), Yelena Belova (Florence Pugh), and Alexei Shostakov/Red Guardian (David Harbour). — Ew Staff, Entertainment Weekly, 3 Aug. 2026 Moving in together won’t guarantee a perfect relationship, but honest conversations before and after the boxes are unpacked can make sharing a home feel more like a partnership than a guessing game. — Ashley Lynch, Charlotte Observer, 29 July 2026 Designers who work on shared homes say the difference usually comes down to a handful of early decisions, most of them made before a single box is unpacked. — Ashley Lynch, Miami Herald, 27 July 2026

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unloaded

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Ultimately, keeping firearms securely locked and unloaded away from kids and unauthorized individuals is a fundamental part of responsible gun ownership.

— Brittany Berlin, Baltimore Sun, 25 Aug. 2026
Unloading began the following evening but progressed slowly, and only the fish manure and oil drums ended up being unloaded.

— Frannie Comstock, Encyclopedia Britannica, 20 Aug. 2026

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