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- adjective Contained in, for protection or shipping, a conforming
plastic film that reduces in size during application to tightly hold the item.
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Examples
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Under the Child Nutrition Reauthorization Act, which is now languishing in the House, the Senate passed a version which only included a measly six cents more for school lunches, which are already shrink-wrapped concoctions of highly processed fat - and sugar-laden meals.
Sarah Newman: Dinner in the Desert Sarah Newman 2010
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The Bush Administration airlifted 25 metric tons of shrink-wrapped centrifuges, uranium and sensitive documentation to the Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Tennessee, staging a dramatic press conference with commandos guarding the loot as if it contained actual nuclear weapons.
Michael Bronner: Civil War (Hold the Mustard...) Michael Bronner 2011
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Under the Child Nutrition Reauthorization Act, which is now languishing in the House, the Senate passed a version which only included a measly six cents more for school lunches, which are already shrink-wrapped concoctions of highly processed fat - and sugar-laden meals.
Sarah Newman: Dinner in the Desert Sarah Newman 2010
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Under the Child Nutrition Reauthorization Act, which is now languishing in the House, the Senate passed a version which only included a measly six cents more for school lunches, which are already shrink-wrapped concoctions of highly processed fat - and sugar-laden meals.
Sarah Newman: Dinner in the Desert Sarah Newman 2010
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Remember those fork-lift pallets of shrink-wrapped hundred dollar bills that were "lost" during the Bush/Iraq War?
Don C. Reed: Protect the House! Don't Let GOP Bullying Win! Don C. Reed 2010
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Remember those fork-lift pallets of shrink-wrapped hundred dollar bills that were "lost" during the Bush/Iraq War?
Don C. Reed: Protect the House! Don't Let GOP Bullying Win! Don C. Reed 2010
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Picasso, one of the most political of artists, has been neutered, shrink-wrapped, comodified and de-contextualized.
Michael Berkowitz: The Shame of the Galleries: Stained Stein, Purloined Picasso Michael Berkowitz 2011
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Picasso, one of the most political of artists, has been neutered, shrink-wrapped, comodified and de-contextualized.
Michael Berkowitz: The Shame of the Galleries: Stained Stein, Purloined Picasso Michael Berkowitz 2011
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Picasso, one of the most political of artists, has been neutered, shrink-wrapped, comodified and de-contextualized.
Michael Berkowitz: The Shame of the Galleries: Stained Stein, Purloined Picasso Michael Berkowitz 2011
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Under the Child Nutrition Reauthorization Act, which is now languishing in the House, the Senate passed a version which only included a measly six cents more for school lunches, which are already shrink-wrapped concoctions of highly processed fat - and sugar-laden meals.
Sarah Newman: Dinner in the Desert Sarah Newman 2010
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