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Recent Examples of payload The new version will be used for Starship’s first orbital flights and will help SpaceX test key procedures, such as transferring fuel and carrying payloads into space, SpaceX officials wrote in a post following Monday’s test. Denise Chow, NBC news, 16 Oct. 2025 Their primary task completed, Ryzhikov and Zubritsky then made their way to the Zvezda service module to remove and dispose of a high-definition television system that was originally a part of a Canadian commercial payload. Robert Z. Pearlman, Space.com, 16 Oct. 2025 Large payloads and full reusability drastically reduce the cost of moving people and equipment. Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 15 Oct. 2025 SpaceX pulled off the maneuver for the first time during the May flight test, which requires less propellant to be held in reserve and enables the rocket to carry a heavier payload. Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 10 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for payload
Recent Examples of Synonyms for payload
Noun
  • This resolution before the International Maritime Organization will impose a carbon tax on cargo and cruise ships that carry $20 trillion of merchandise over international waters.
    Stephen Moore, Boston Herald, 16 Oct. 2025
  • The longer the shutdown lasts, the greater the risk of cargo backups at these Texas ports due to unpaid employees calling in sick.
    NPR, NPR, 15 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Frank’s selection decisions since he was appointed at Spurs suggest load management has been at the forefront of his mind.
    Mark Carey, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2025
  • That’s a heavy load to balance — on top of a slew of symbols and metaphors.
    Frank Rizzo, Variety, 17 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • In its second week, Tortured Poets moved roughly 100,000 more units that Showgirl has here, which may have more to do with Swift front-loading the number of album variants on offer for this LP’s rollout than anything else.
    Katie Atkinson, Billboard, 21 Oct. 2025
  • Before its departure, the ship conducted dummy Tomahawk missile-loading training at Yokosuka Naval Base, just south of Tokyo at the mouth of Tokyo Bay.
    Robert Birsel, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Let this take some of the burden off of you.
    Kat McGowan, NPR, 18 Oct. 2025
  • The cost burden is pushed instead to families, who often find the prospects too pricey.
    Alicia Wallace, CNN Money, 17 Oct. 2025

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“Payload.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/payload. Accessed 23 Oct. 2025.

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