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unpack

[uhn-pak] / ʌnˈpæk /


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These are often bound up under one general heading of "polarisation", but it's been illuminating to unpack them.

From BBC Jul. 20, 2026

It could call a grocer, order ingredients, insisting on it all being upscale, and have those ingredients delivered, unpack and load the fridge and then use my appliances to make dinner.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 29, 2026

Join Dahlia and Mark as they unpack this Supreme Court term with some of the smartest legal analysts in the business as part of our live online audience, July 10 at noon EDT.

From Slate Jun. 27, 2026

I want to unpack that a little bit more.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 26, 2026

I had the sense that I should have been able to unpack them, that there was only a thin veneer separating me from their meaning, and yet the veneer was impenetrable.

From "The Book of Unknown Americans" by Cristina Henríquez

This new album unpacks her grief after her father’s death and explores the implications of increasing fame on her sense of self.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 9, 2026

Slate’s Jessica Stoya unpacks the underlying issues at play.

From Slate Jul. 8, 2026

The new six-part series unpacks the events that took place from a range of different perspectives to consider how people now view one of the most controversial literary rows in recent memory.

From BBC Nov. 4, 2025

That’s not to say his life after tennis hasn’t been eventful, and he unpacks it all in an autobiography, “Heartbeats,” that will be released Tuesday in the U.S.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 18, 2025

When he unpacks his work, he has another revelation about light and color.

From "Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers" by Deborah Heiligman

"We spent one night in there - we hadn't even unpacked," she says.

From BBC Aug. 8, 2026

Maybe that idea should have been unpacked a little bit more.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 6, 2026

The opinion insists that courts do more than identify a historical cousin to a modern law by examining whether the analogy survives scrutiny once its details are unpacked.

From Slate Jun. 26, 2026

“Ups & Downs” is an instrumental with a droning keyboard—perhaps a harmonium—along with a clarinet and clattering percussion that sounds like a drum kit being slowly unpacked from its case.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 9, 2026

Afterward we unpacked all the dishes and pots and dry food and stuff and put everything away.

From "Okay for Now" by Gary D. Schmidt

While taking a break from unpacking the U-Haul on move-in day, Frank pointed to the incomplete home on their neighbor’s lot.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 20, 2026

Yet for all the milestones, this debut album presents an artist less concerned with achievement and more focused on unpacking the experiences that shaped him pre-fame and turning them into a body of work.

From BBC Jun. 13, 2026

"They may want to buy our goods but feel the price is too high and decide against it because these aren't necessities," Zhuang said, perched on a small stool unpacking her goods.

From Barron's Apr. 23, 2026

And calculating what, exactly, any retailer might owe its customers would require unpacking the agreements they struck with suppliers and shippers to share the tariff burden.

From MarketWatch Mar. 12, 2026

The girls helped by unpacking the boxes almost as fast as Helen could pack them.

From "Typical American" by Gish Jen




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