prepackage
verb
pre·pack·age
(ˌ)prē-ˈpa-kij 
prepackaged; prepackaging; prepackages
: to package (something, such as food or a manufactured article) before offering for sale to the consumer
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Research shows that prepackaged foods and meals often promote greater fat loss than a standard diet or behavioral counseling.
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Angelica Bottaro, Verywell Health, 19 Sep. 2025
But a side salad seemed prepackaged.
—Bud Kennedy, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 9 Sep. 2025
The station pays about three hundred thousand dollars a year, or fifteen per cent of its budget, to syndicate national programming from PBS; the content comes prepackaged and ready to air.
—Oliver Whang, New Yorker, 7 Aug. 2025
Currently, many meals are prepackaged and trucked to schools from a central kitchen.
—Rory Linnane, Journal Sentinel, 1 May 2023
As LLMs give chatbot developers a better ability to develop intents for narrow-scope chatbots, the ability to prepackage these solutions in a verticalized way will become increasingly simplified.
—Halvard Totland, Forbes, 22 Mar. 2023
Messerlian suggests that people can lower their exposure by making small changes in their homes and habits, such as replacing scented detergents and skin creams with fragrance-free varieties and buying cold cuts wrapped in paper at a deli counter rather than items prepackaged in plastic.
—Claudia Wallis, Scientific American, 1 Mar. 2023
After preparing 45 turkeys and a full Thanksgiving dinner for about 400 people, a group of volunteering medical students behind Project Feast also need to prepackage the meals, remember their masks and tape the floors to promote social distancing.
—Mckenna Oxenden, baltimoresun.com, 25 Nov. 2021
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Angelica Bottaro, Verywell Health, 19 Sep. 2025
But a side salad seemed prepackaged.
—Bud Kennedy, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 9 Sep. 2025
The station pays about three hundred thousand dollars a year, or fifteen per cent of its budget, to syndicate national programming from PBS; the content comes prepackaged and ready to air.
—Oliver Whang, New Yorker, 7 Aug. 2025
Currently, many meals are prepackaged and trucked to schools from a central kitchen.
—Rory Linnane, Journal Sentinel, 1 May 2023
As LLMs give chatbot developers a better ability to develop intents for narrow-scope chatbots, the ability to prepackage these solutions in a verticalized way will become increasingly simplified.
—Halvard Totland, Forbes, 22 Mar. 2023
Messerlian suggests that people can lower their exposure by making small changes in their homes and habits, such as replacing scented detergents and skin creams with fragrance-free varieties and buying cold cuts wrapped in paper at a deli counter rather than items prepackaged in plastic.
—Claudia Wallis, Scientific American, 1 Mar. 2023
After preparing 45 turkeys and a full Thanksgiving dinner for about 400 people, a group of volunteering medical students behind Project Feast also need to prepackage the meals, remember their masks and tape the floors to promote social distancing.
—Mckenna Oxenden, baltimoresun.com, 25 Nov. 2021
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“Prepackage.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/prepackage. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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prepackage
verb
pre·pack·age
(ˈ)prē-ˈpak-ij
: to package (as food) before offering for sale
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