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packet

[pak-it] / ˈpæk ɪt /


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The Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department reviewed the case and a DNA packet was sent to Jackson’s family and then returned.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026

Then you'd hear the packet rattling just as the manager was trying to deliver a team talk - or was about to give a player a dressing down.

From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026

Once the Court had those documents and the amicus briefs, the whole packet was distributed to the justices at 10 separate conferences.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

While it’s probably a good idea to try and rely a bit less heavily on packaged snack foods, there’s no major danger from allowing your tiny humans to have their regular packet of fish-shaped crackers.

From Slate ● Sep. 14, 2026

I stop listening, fold over the top of the chewable medication packet, and tuck it back into my purse.

From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith

To ensure participants consumed a consistent amount, researchers supplied premeasured packets of skin-roasted peanuts throughout the peanut intervention period.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 1, 2026

But the impact of soaring energy prices is showing up across the economy and squeezing workers’ pay packets.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026

Bottles of oil, packets of salt and a few tin cans lie among the debris.

From Barron's ● Sep. 27, 2026

There were packets of Hellmann’s mayonnaise and mustard at the counter, which helped, but only so much.

From Salon ● Jul. 30, 2026

Her mother sometimes made chicken, but it was always out of packets or frozen, and was very dry, and it never tasted of anything.

From "Coraline" by Neil Gaiman

The Poles, who spend the day in swimming shorts or underwear, change into their baggy uniforms and hunt-and-peck on the typewriters, turning out reports to be packeted to Can Tho.

From Time Magazine Archive

She spoke the last three words aloud in her intensity, so bitterly, that the two men, packeting together the papers, turned quickly.

From Little Miss By-The-Day by Lucille Van Slyke


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