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as in salary
British
the money paid regularly to a person for labor or services
his monthly wage packet contained just enough to allow him to rent a one-bedroom flat
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as in bundle
chiefly British
a very large amount of money
that town house in Mayfair cost a packet
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Recent Examples of packet
Each packet contains 80 milligrams of caffeine from green and black tea, plus antioxidants and vitamins A, C and E. Available now in three delicious flavors: Pomegranate Blueberry, Peach Mango and Strawberry Lemonade.
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Adam Mills, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 July 2025
Perfect for days on which you’re surrounded by that dry airplane air, these convenient packets help replenish fluids and deliver immune-boosting vitamin C.
—Michael Cappetta, Travel + Leisure, 22 June 2025
Go to Seed Seeds are the ultimate cost-saver: A single packet can give you loads of annuals for under $5, while a nursery flat of plants may cost four times as much.
—Luke Miller, Better Homes & Gardens, 17 June 2025
How to Use Overnight Sheet Masks To apply it to your skin, go through the steps of your nighttime skincare routine, then open up the packet and remove the protective paper from each mask piece.
—Jessie Quinn, StyleCaster, 17 June 2025
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Adam Mills, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 July 2025
Perfect for days on which you’re surrounded by that dry airplane air, these convenient packets help replenish fluids and deliver immune-boosting vitamin C.
—Michael Cappetta, Travel + Leisure, 22 June 2025
Go to Seed Seeds are the ultimate cost-saver: A single packet can give you loads of annuals for under $5, while a nursery flat of plants may cost four times as much.
—Luke Miller, Better Homes & Gardens, 17 June 2025
How to Use Overnight Sheet Masks To apply it to your skin, go through the steps of your nighttime skincare routine, then open up the packet and remove the protective paper from each mask piece.
—Jessie Quinn, StyleCaster, 17 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for packet
Noun
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Over two years of regular use, this versatile bag has taken a beating, but doesn’t show it thanks to its thick, water-repellent fabric that’s easy to spot clean.—
Mariana Best,
Better Homes & Gardens,
12 July 2025
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In fact, one reviewer purchased a previous iteration of this bag and came back almost two decades later to buy it again.—
Genevieve Cepeda,
Travel + Leisure,
12 July 2025
Noun
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Lazard will have a base salary of $2.25 million this upcoming season.—
Antwan Staley,
New York Daily News,
14 July 2025
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Raise salaries, diminish contractual obligations to teach, include the expenses of laboratory instruction and add the depreciation of expensive buildings — all factors in the sciences — and tuition becomes wholly inadequate to cover even the cost of instruction.—
Clifford Ando,
Chicago Tribune,
14 July 2025
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On Saturdays, Jackson brings her harvest—lush bundles ranging from arugula and bok choy to her coveted microgreens—to Birdsong Farmers Market.—
Symiah Dorsey,
Southern Living,
9 July 2025
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Combined with the rapid decline of cable and satellite bundle subscriptions, the drop-off in viewing explains much of what’s going on at the legacy media companies.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
8 July 2025
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The monthly treasury statement was released a week after Trump signed congressional Republicans' tax and spending package, which included extending the 2017 tax rates and reducing spending for Medicaid and nutrition assistance.—
arkansasonline.com,
arkansasonline.com,
11 July 2025
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Some Republicans are resisting pushing through President Donald Trump's rescission package, which would codify some $9.4 billion in DOGE budget cuts, including to NPR, PBS and foreign aid.—
Nick Mordowanec,
MSNBC Newsweek,
11 July 2025
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This begs a clear question of training providers, employers, and governments: What if your workforce investment strategy was judged not by how many people enrolled, but by how many got hired with better wages after completing it?—
Jason Wingard,
Forbes.com,
9 July 2025
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Public workers are reporting real wage declines of over 70% since the start of the year, and strikes are spreading among healthcare workers, teachers and pensioners.—
Antonio Maria Delgado
July 8,
Miami Herald,
8 July 2025
Noun
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Nemorino has instead inherited a large fortune and becomes the most eligible bachelor in town.—
Pam Kragen,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
6 July 2025
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From this chamber poured a seemingly incessant stream of sordid details, discomfiting puzzle pieces that added up to a portrait of a man who used his fame and fortune to reduce his female victims to chattel.—
Marco della Cava,
USA Today,
3 July 2025
Noun
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When not needed, this section folds away neatly in the front of the pack.—
Will Porter,
Travel + Leisure,
14 July 2025
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The research also analyzed what differentiates disruptive leaders from the rest of the pack.—
Jim DeLoach,
Forbes.com,
14 July 2025
Noun
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More: Car buyers set a record with more than $1,000-a-month car payments in Q2 Jamie L. LaReau is the senior autos writer who covers Ford Motor Co. for the Detroit Free Press.—
Jamie L. LaReau,
Freep.com,
12 July 2025
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In the four years since NIL payments began in 2021, collectives affiliated with specific schools have made hundreds of millions in deals with athletes just like those the CSC described in its examples.—
Stewart Mandel,
New York Times,
12 July 2025
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“Packet.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/packet. Accessed 19 Jul. 2025.
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