unpack
verb (used with object)
to undo or remove the contents from (a box, trunk, etc.).
are unpacking
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present progressiveof unpack.present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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At a high school in Nacka just outside Stockholm, final-year students are unpacking laptops from rucksacks and tote bags, alongside items they say they used less frequently a few years ago.
From BBC ● Apr. 15, 2026
The tension that was so present at the beginning of the film doesn’t dissipate even as Alice and her friends are unpacking groceries and clothes at their idyllic cabin.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 19, 2023
“They think that they are unpacking, because that is the narrative that they hear from across the country, without looking at what that means in the city of Detroit.”
From New York Times ● Dec. 29, 2021
As I write this, reporters are unpacking their flak jackets as they arrive by the thousands for the Republican National Convention in Cleveland.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 17, 2016
Curious!" thought she to herself, "the world to be so large, and yet so small:" then aloud, "They are unpacking the wagon; come, dear.
From A Simpleton by Charles Reade
