as in to unload
to empty or rid of cargo
unpacked the car the minute they got back from vacation
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Once upon a time, people came home from their vacations or their business trips and unpacked their suitcases.
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Lynne Agress, Baltimore Sun, 2 Feb. 2025
This is just the beginning of the fight on the right against DEI and there’s so much more to unpack, which is why next week Unbothered is kicking off our Black History Month package, a series of stories rolling out all month, focused on DEI.
—Kathleen Newman-Bremang, refinery29.com, 30 Jan. 2025
In this presentation, photographer Richard Mosse understands light as a form of heat and uses both to unpack complex geopolitical movements.
—Photovogue, Vogue, 29 Jan. 2025
But this time, there’s other artistic choices to unpack.
—Leah Dolan, CNN, 28 Jan. 2025
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Lynne Agress, Baltimore Sun, 2 Feb. 2025
This is just the beginning of the fight on the right against DEI and there’s so much more to unpack, which is why next week Unbothered is kicking off our Black History Month package, a series of stories rolling out all month, focused on DEI.
—Kathleen Newman-Bremang, refinery29.com, 30 Jan. 2025
In this presentation, photographer Richard Mosse understands light as a form of heat and uses both to unpack complex geopolitical movements.
—Photovogue, Vogue, 29 Jan. 2025
But this time, there’s other artistic choices to unpack.
—Leah Dolan, CNN, 28 Jan. 2025
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“Unpack.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unpack. Accessed 6 Mar. 2025.
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