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
In it he pledges to reject pac money and to serve no more than six years if elected.
From Time Magazine Archive
You will have your choice of three kinds of moccasin—the oil-tanned shoe pac, the deerhide, and the moosehide.
From Camp and Trail by Stewart Edward White
America PAC did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
From Barron's ● Jul. 30, 2026
The group released a letter in April that asks Gottheimer and the other four endorsed House Democrats to “disavow support” from the super PAC.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 29, 2026
Moroun has since donated $150,000 to House Speaker Mike Johnson’s joint fundraising PAC.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 26, 2026
Though the industry’s PAC is relatively new, filing its statement of organization in March, it’s already released ads praising Trump’s marijuana policy.
From Salon ● Jul. 25, 2026
The PAC put forward a dramatic and overambitious program that promised quick solutions.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
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
All the filings were signed by the PAC’s treasurer saying that “to the best of my knowledge and belief” the information “is true, correct and complete.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 29, 2025
Neither the sorority nor Kiahna Davis, a regional director at AKA who is listed as the PAC’s treasurer, responded to requests for comment about the PAC.
From Slate ● Oct. 17, 2024
Zeph had been a teacher in Orlando, and was a staunch opponent of Bantu Education, and one of the most level-headed of the PAC’s leaders.
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
We also examined the role of super PACs, which can spend unlimited sums independently to support or oppose candidates.
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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