uncrated

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“In addition, jet bombers, capable of carrying nuclear weapons, are now being uncrated and assembled in Cuba, while the necessary air bases are being prepared.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 23, 2026

You can even put the dog, who may be resting uncrated at your feet, on the phone to say hello.

From Washington Post • Nov. 28, 2022

After the seven-ton granite block was uncrated and the huge yellow crane had lowered it into place, workers brushed off the snow and Richard Dean walked over to look at his grandfather’s name.

From Washington Post • Dec. 23, 2021

In Phnom-Penh they found crates containing ten MiG airplanes; the jets had been a gift of the Chinese, but since no Kampuchean pilot knew how to fly them, the MiGs had never been uncrated.

From Time Magazine Archive

Within twenty hours they were installed in a large loft, all of the machines uncrated and plugged in.

From The K-Factor by Harrison, Harry