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

Shiroma pays them $2 per packet, which cuts into her normal profit of $6.70 per mailer.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 1, 2026

"We're only eating white rice. Hopefully I can get enough money together in the next couple of days for a packet of hot dogs, or three or four eggs."

From BBC • Feb. 27, 2026

The inside pocket had the map, damp, and half a packet of Polo mints.

From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell