Example Sentences

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He worked at Quality Pork International as a meat packer for 13 years to support his family.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 28, 2023

JBS was the first Brazilian meat packer to go public in 2007, the year in which it also embarked on a U.S. acquisition spree starting with the purchase of Swift.

From Reuters • Jul. 12, 2023

Refrigerated rail cars were perfected in the 1870s by engineers working for U.S. meat packer Gustavus Swift.

From Textbooks • Dec. 14, 2022

The Arkansas-based meat packer is expected to say it earned $2.09 a share in the quarter, up from $1.81 a year earlier, according to a survey by FactSet.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 14, 2021

A steel man from Pittsburgh, a mining man from Idaho, a shipowner from Boston, a meat packer from Omaha, a grain man from Chicago.

From The Drums of Jeopardy by MacGrath, Harold