unbox

verb

un·​box ˌən-ˈbäks How to pronounce unbox (audio)
unboxed; unboxing; unboxes

transitive verb

: to remove from a box

Examples of unbox in a Sentence

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Other K-pop stars and influencers followed suit, posting photos and videos unboxing their own Labubu figures, fueling a frenzy on social media that quickly spread beyond Asia. Brandi D. Addison, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025 Track repurchase rates, return reasons and unboxing feedback to calculate the return on investment of your packaging. Hamzah Hussain Bhatti, Forbes.com, 26 June 2025 The book opens with Anderson unboxing the artifact, his slice of the Wall, at his parents’ suburban home. Noah Eckstein, HollywoodReporter, 23 June 2025 Imagine spending $3,000 on Nvidia’s latest GeForce RTX 5090 graphics card only to unbox a pile of backpacks instead. Michael Kan, PC Magazine, 30 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for unbox

Word History

First Known Use

circa 1611, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of unbox was circa 1611

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“Unbox.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unbox. Accessed 20 Jul. 2025.

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