care package

noun

: a package of useful or pleasurable items that is sent or given as a gift to another (such as a college student)

Examples of care package in a Sentence

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But sending a few treasures from your own household gives care packages a special intimacy. Danny Heitman, The Christian Science Monitor, 17 Oct. 2024 My mam would send me down care packages, with socks and underpants or toothpaste and deodorant, knowing that my £27-a-week wage would only get me so far. Alan Shearer, The Athletic, 15 Aug. 2024 The good news is that in recent years, mental health researchers around the world have begun to design care packages that tackle these two challenges in delivering treatment in developing countries: making remedies culturally appropriate and operating in low-resource environments. Catherine Thomas, Foreign Affairs, 21 Apr. 2015 There’s nothing like a handwritten message to make a care package memorable. Danny Heitman, The Christian Science Monitor, 17 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for care package 

Word History

Etymology

from CARE package, a charity parcel sent to needy Europeans after World War II

First Known Use

1962, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of care package was in 1962

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“Care package.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/care%20package. Accessed 15 Dec. 2024.

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