packet

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Two decades earlier, Lindy, for her part, made a smash, and a packet, with “My Rainbow Starts With Black,” a Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, seemingly based on her own dysfunctional family, and its Oscar-winning film adaptation.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 8, 2026

When light strikes many carbon based materials, it creates a tightly bound packet of energy called an exciton -- a paired electron and hole.

From Science Daily • Mar. 6, 2026

"Will MLAs have to wait a year and threaten to go on strike to get the money or will it slide into their pay packet very quickly?"

From BBC • Feb. 20, 2026

If unsure, Cho suggests undercooking slightly because the packet can return to the oven.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 22, 2026

Though we only had a packet of cherry paste and a tea tray as merchandise, I relieved the beast of the travel supplies and our personal items.

From "The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams" by Daniel Nayeri