Verb
packager noun
Synonyms & Antonyms for dainty
Synonyms: Noun
Recent Examples on the Web
//The Orange County School Board on Tuesday approved a compensation package for teachers that boosts pay and delays hikes in health insurance costs for nearly 11 months.
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Leslie Postal, orlandosentinel.com, "Orange school board approves new teacher salary plan," 8 Nov. 2019
//The prime minister criticized Naftogaz’s performance, and the large compensation packages the company awarded top executives in 2018, which more than tripled from 2017 levels.
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Jeanne Whalen, Washington Post, "The head of Ukraine’s gas company has been shot at, pilloried on TV and attacked by Giuliani associates. It’s all in a day’s work.," 6 Nov. 2019
//Entering Week 10, the first-round pick the Raiders received from the Bears as part of the compensation package in the Khalil Mack trade would be a top-10 pick.
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Brad Biggs, chicagotribune.com, "Brad Biggs’ 10 thoughts on the Bears’ 22-14 loss to the Eagles," 4 Nov. 2019
//His usage was largely limited to red-zone packages and late-game situations in lopsided contests.
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Tom Green | Tgreen@al.com, al, "Bo Nix: Joey Gatewood was ‘put in a bad situation’," 3 Nov. 2019
//These packages and memberships can be purchased online following the link above, at the Reds kiosk at the Kenwood Towne Centre located at 7875 Montgomery Road, by phone at 513-765-7500 or at the Great American Ball Park administrative lobby.
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Madeline Mitchell, Cincinnati.com, "How to get a Buddy the Elf Reds bobblehead just in time for the holidays," 2 Nov. 2019
//The conference isn’t sitting on a ready pool of cash to pass out to its 12 members to pad coaching compensation packages.
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oregonlive, "How much do Oregonians want to pay college football coaches? Issues & Answers," 29 Oct. 2019
//On one occasion the driver had asked for a signature and when the victim refused, the driver took the package and left.
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Houston Chronicle, "Memorial Villages Police Department weekly report," 28 Oct. 2019
//My College Solutions provides hands-on help with financial aid applications, comparing and negotiating financial aid packages, and strategizing on student loan payment and repayment.
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Michael Taylor, ExpressNews.com, "Commentary: San Antonio duo steering families on a smarter path to paying for college," 25 Oct. 2019
//And the commercial approach was to rip off consumers by overcharging for stale content packaged into oversized bundles.
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The Economist, "Who will win the media wars?," 14 Nov. 2019
//That was just an example of things that could be packaged together as an alternative to doing it by tolling.
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Christopher Keating, courant.com, "Senate Democrats considering legalizing marijuana and sports betting as alternative ways to fund Gov. Ned Lamont’s transportation plan without tolls," 13 Nov. 2019
//But environmentalists are alarmed by the amount of packaging produced on this one day, with Greenpeace estimating the day could generate more than 250,000 tons of waste.
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Washington Post, "Chinese online shoppers shatter Cyber Monday records on ‘Double 11’," 11 Nov. 2019
//As in years past, Fraser said that Randalls and Midway provide the meat and Good Ole Boys cook and package the turkeys.
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Karen Zurawski, Houston Chronicle, "Katy volunteers sharing blessings on Thanksgiving," 8 Nov. 2019
//Volunteers also cooked and packaged an additional 800 dinners for local homeless shelters.
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Meghan Overdeep, Southern Living, "Matthew McConaughey Helped Prepare Turkey Dinners for Firefighters in California," 5 Nov. 2019
//The genomes of today's mammals range in size from less than two picograms to more than eight picograms and are packaged into anywhere from six chromosomes to 102.
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Kate Wong, Scientific American, "Solving the Mystery of Songbird Diversity," 1 Nov. 2019
//In 2011, Founders began packaging its session All Day IPA, which fast became its most popular beer across the states.
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Brian Manzullo, Detroit Free Press, "Founders Brewing closes Detroit taproom indefinitely amid racial discrimination lawsuit," 25 Oct. 2019
//The reductions would then be packaged as credits that can be sold to companies, organizations or governments in the region that have failed to meet targets and need to offset carbon emissions.
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Steven Mufson, The Denver Post, "Facing unbearable heat, Qatar has begun to air condition the outdoors," 20 Oct. 2019
First Known Use of package
Noun
circa 1510, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Verb
1917, in the meaning defined at sense 1a
Dictionary Entries near package
Phrases Related to package
More Synonyms and Antonyms ofpackage
1
a wrapped or sealed case containing an item or set of items
- got a job sorting packages in the mail room
2
a number of things considered as a unit
- ate a whole package of cookies at once
- array,
- assemblage,
- band,
- bank,
- batch,
- battery,
- block,
- bunch,
- clot,
- clump,
- cluster,
- clutch,
- collection,
- constellation,
- group,
- grouping,
- huddle,
- knot,
- lot,
- muster,
- parcel,
- passel,
- set,
- suite
More Definitions forpackage
chiefly US : a box or large envelope that is sent or delivered usually through the mail or by another delivery service
: a wrapper or container that covers or holds something
: something that comes in a container
: to put (something) in a package in order to sell it or send it somewhere
: to show or present (something or someone) in a particular way
1 : a bundle made up for mailing or transporting
2 : a container that covers or holds something
//The ingredients are listed on the package.
3 : something that comes in a container
//a package of gum