as in suitcase
a soft-sided case designed for carrying belongings especially on the back
stuffed her backpack with so many books that she could barely walk
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Recent Examples of backpack
Christopher Elliott, Forbes, 26 Oct. 2024
The backpack will fit your laptop and any other must-haves, but is still on the smaller side.
—Jessica Kasparian, SELF, 1 Nov. 2024
Jaclyn Cosgrove, Los Angeles Times, 15 Oct. 2024
What’s the difference between hiking boots and backpacking boots?
—Emily Pennington, Outside Online, 18 Oct. 2024
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Noun
Other popular places to store a passport include a money belt and the inner pockets of a backpack.
—Christopher Elliott, Forbes, 26 Oct. 2024
The backpack will fit your laptop and any other must-haves, but is still on the smaller side.
—Jessica Kasparian, SELF, 1 Nov. 2024
Verb
Tania Davidson is a psychologist who spends her free time backpacking, sailing and otherwise adventuring.
—Jaclyn Cosgrove, Los Angeles Times, 15 Oct. 2024
What’s the difference between hiking boots and backpacking boots?
—Emily Pennington, Outside Online, 18 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for backpack
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Be warned, though: make some extra room in your suitcase for souvenirs, because this little city has a whole lot to offer.Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 13 Nov. 2024
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In 2015, the Saudi prince Abdel Mohsen bin Walid bin Abdulaziz was arrested, along with four other Saudis, at Beirut’s airport after attempting to load forty suitcases filled with captagon, and a little cocaine, onto a private plane bound for Riyadh.Ed Caesar, The New Yorker, 4 Nov. 2024
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Most canvas wall tents this large require transport by truck or pack mule.Wes Siler, Outside Online, 6 Nov. 2024
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According to Zambrano and Sarah Brekke, M.S., Better Homes & Gardens Test Kitchen brand manager, the benefits of tenting a turkey with foil include: Moisture retention: Foil helps trap steam, preventing the turkey—especially the breast meat—from drying out.Karla Walsh, Better Homes & Gardens, 22 Oct. 2024
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Seeing Murray use hot packs to keep the knees and ankles warm at halftime helped inspire Braun to use them.Bennett Durando, The Denver Post, 10 Nov. 2024
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Workers assemble battery packs for electric vehicles in Spartanburg, S.C.James Morton Turner, Discover Magazine, 9 Nov. 2024
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Starting in 2022, the U.S. supplied Ukraine with 700 Switchblade 300s, a $50,000 missile small enough to be carried in a soldier’s rucksack and launched with minimal effort.Danielle Chemtob, Forbes, 3 Oct. 2024
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School rucksacks stuffed with clothes, small pillows and floral blankets are strewn on the floor.Mohammad Al Sawalhi, CNN, 15 Sep. 2024
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Northern Arizona employees gathered in Flagstaff before meeting in Holbrook with employees from Payson and Snowflake to caravan across the country.Perry Vandell, The Arizona Republic, 12 Oct. 2024
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Every year, my nuclear family caravaned to Colima, a small state in western Mexico, with at least four other families.Natalie Arroyo Camacho, refinery29.com, 16 July 2024
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The Roam was the first dedicated portable device that Sonos decided should get Bluetooth (there not being much Wi-Fi in the middle of the woods or at a lake) so that listeners could snag a single Sonos product for both their kitchen and knapsack.Parker Hall, WIRED, 20 July 2024
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One of those unfortunates is the movie’s protagonist, Terry Richmond (Aaron Pierre), a young Black man who is cycling into town, a knapsack on his back, in order to put up bail for a cousin.Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 13 Sep. 2024
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“Backpack.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/backpack. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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