unpack
verb (used with object)
to undo or remove the contents from (a box, trunk, etc.).
have unpacked
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present perfectof unpack.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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Q: What advice do you have for those of us who still have unpacked boxes in our homes, years after we’ve moved in?
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 4, 2022
I have unpacked the baggage, if you will.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 25, 2022
That’s a specious conclusion, one which the movie could have unpacked better.
From New York Times ● Dec. 2, 2021
I have unpacked my hand-knit sweaters and jewelry so I can wear them again.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 1, 2021
It did not seem unusual that Mrs. Meeker should have unpacked her few things and laid them in the drawer of the battered bureau: some one always unpacked her things.
From The Strange Cases of Dr. Stanchon by Josephine Dodge Daskam Bacon
