pac
noun
pack.
pac
1 American
[pak]
/ pæk /
noun
pac
2
American
[pak]
/ pæk /
PAC
3
American
[pak]
/ pæk /
Or
P.A.C.
noun
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PAC's,
plural
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PACs
plural
Pac.
4
American
abbreviation
PAC
1
British
abbreviation
Pac.
2
British
abbreviation
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of pac2
An Americanism first recorded in 1870–75; extracted from shoepac by false analysis as shoe + pac
Origin of PAC3
First recorded in 1940–45
Example Sentences
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Top single career corporation pac contributor is coal company Arch Resources.
From The Guardian ● Feb. 26, 2021
At the Barnes & Noble in Tampa, Sousa’s Super pac was outside in the parking lot, selling T-shirts and giving away copies of his book.
From The New Yorker ● Nov. 30, 2015
I’m in Nevada with Hype lookin at spots for this new video we are shooting for that single I told you pac is going to be on once he is out, called California love.
From Salon ● Feb. 25, 2011
An advocate of campaign reform, Torkildsen refuses all pac money and says he will limit himself to six terms.
From Time Magazine Archive
Pac, pac, he came upon my nose and upon my eye.
From The Green Flag by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
America PAC did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
From Barron's ● Jul. 30, 2026
Leading the Future and Public First Action are the AI-related super PAC operations getting a lot of the attention, but others are making endorsements and spending heavily as well.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 29, 2026
D’Amaro is a registered independent whose only political donations have been to Disney’s corporate PAC.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 27, 2026
Bush, Phil Gramm, John McCain and John Kasich; and Ron Jacobs, a Washington attorney and Federalist Society member who worked on a super PAC supporting Jon Huntsman in the 2012 GOP presidential primary.
From Salon ● Jun. 17, 2026
After classes, I head over to the PAC.
From "Shine!" by J.J. and Chris Grabenstein
We were very late, for we had waited cruelly for the coach, and Pac. had sung a song out of "Artaxerxes," composed for a tenor, which we lost, to my infinite regret.
From The Diary and Letters of Madame D'Arblay — Volume 1 by Fanny Burney
Brockman said he didn’t agree with all the PAC’s spending and declined to discuss specifics.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 30, 2026
The Education Minister Paul Givan welcomed the PAC's focus on "urgent need for investment in the schools' estate".
From BBC ● Oct. 15, 2025
The bulk of the PAC’s money came from a handful of donors with familiar names, like James Murdoch, the liberal-leaning son of billionaire media mogul Rupert Murdoch.
From Salon ● Jun. 4, 2025
The Fairshake super PAC’s biggest donors include the crypto companies Coinbase and Ripple; Brian Armstrong, Coinbase’s chief executive; and Bay Area venture capitalists and crypto investors Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 31, 2024
This was the first of many occasions when I learned of the PAC’s appeal in the rest of Africa.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
The seven largest Republican PACs and party committees have about $1.17 billion cash on hand.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 5, 2026
When Americans think about campaign finance, they usually picture wealthy donors, political action committees and super PACs pouring money into elections.
From Salon ● Jul. 5, 2026
Still, as Richard Hasen explains in Slate, the ruling could’ve been worse—and, by empowering parties over super PACs, might even make our libertine campaign finance system marginally better.
From Slate ● Jun. 30, 2026
One network of super PACs is linked to Anthropic, maker of the popular AI tool Claude, and the other to Open AI, maker of ChatGPT.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 21, 2026
If constrained from supporting parties, they will help other organizations, such as super PACs, advocacy groups and loosely affiliated movements.
From MarketWatch ● Feb. 24, 2026
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