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as in exchange
a giving or taking of one thing of value in return for another
in medieval Europe, furs and forest products from the north were sold in truck for luxury products from the south
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as in garbage
discarded or useless material
filled a dozen large garbage bags with all the truck we collected when we cleaned the place out
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Recent Examples of truck
In other news, an Air Canada plane has collided with an airport fire rescue truck upon landing at New York's LaGuardia airport, with MSNow reporting that no details on passenger welfare have been released yet.
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Leonie Kidd, CNBC, 23 Mar. 2026
The story has been updated to correct that the Port Authority video on trucks was put out last year, not last month.
—Jake Offenhartz, Los Angeles Times, 23 Mar. 2026
All three boys had remote-control monster trucks, and wanted to bring them along.
—Jenisha Watts, The Atlantic, 23 Mar. 2026
Law enforcement agencies swarmed to West Bloomfield after a man drive his truck into the Temple Israel synagogue.
—Liam Rappleye, Freep.com, 13 Mar. 2026
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Leonie Kidd, CNBC, 23 Mar. 2026
The story has been updated to correct that the Port Authority video on trucks was put out last year, not last month.
—Jake Offenhartz, Los Angeles Times, 23 Mar. 2026
All three boys had remote-control monster trucks, and wanted to bring them along.
—Jenisha Watts, The Atlantic, 23 Mar. 2026
Law enforcement agencies swarmed to West Bloomfield after a man drive his truck into the Temple Israel synagogue.
—Liam Rappleye, Freep.com, 13 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for truck
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Missile exchanges have jarred with the spirit of the holidays underway across the region.—
Siham Shamalakh,
Washington Post,
22 Mar. 2026
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Eighteen months later, she was released in a prisoner of war (POW) exchange.—
Ivana Kottasová,
CNN Money,
22 Mar. 2026
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Unfortunately, the garbage that RFK spewed during his time as a private sector anti-vaccine crusader and is now trying to make government policy has had vaccine skepticism growing nationwide, with deadly consequences.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
23 Mar. 2026
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And loading large garbage bags into Gary's truck.—
Peter Van Sant,
CBS News,
22 Mar. 2026
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The center fielder from Cuba, acquired from the Chicago White Sox in a January trade, also had two RBI singles Thursday in his New York debut.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
29 Mar. 2026
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Outfielder Alan Roden, acquired by the Twins at last July’s MLB trade deadline, sealed the victory with a two-run double that broke a 7-7 tie in the eighth innings.—
Pioneer Press,
Twin Cities,
29 Mar. 2026
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Piles of brick debris were also seen inside hospital rooms and along an exterior wall.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
26 Mar. 2026
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One of the biggest headaches any launch with a hatch deals with is known as FOD, or foreign-object debris, which could be as small as a piece of hair trapped in the seal where the hatch closes.—
Richard Tribou,
The Orlando Sentinel,
26 Mar. 2026
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Though some prisoner swaps have taken place, there has been no viable reconciliation.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
27 Mar. 2026
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One resistance gene was 100% identical, suggesting a relatively recent swap.—
Jonathan Lambert,
NPR,
27 Mar. 2026
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Each year, Heal the Bay collects trash from beaches and watersheds across Los Angeles County with the help of thousands of volunteers.—
CBS LA Staff,
CBS News,
28 Mar. 2026
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The fourth program, Shoreline’s Community Care employment program, hires individuals on the street to do jobs like street cleaning, sidewalk sweeping, graffiti removal, landscaping, trash removal, and custodial and janitorial work.—
Reyna Huff,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
27 Mar. 2026
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But ultimately, fans don’t come to the ballpark to watch 3-4 innings of junk balls and 75 MPH batting practice pitches.—
Abbey Mastracco,
Hartford Courant,
23 Mar. 2026
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Hugh Lewis, a space debris expert and professor of astronautics at the UK's University of Birmingham, noted that the orbiting data centers will need to constantly maneuver to avoid hitting space junk and other satellites.—
Michael Kan,
PC Magazine,
23 Mar. 2026
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Three oak barrels, nearly intact, surfaced during a water and sewage system renovation project in Torggata.—
Maria Mocerino,
Interesting Engineering,
23 Mar. 2026
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Now located on Santa Barbara Drive, the 1970s-era building has become difficult to use, and department personnel are dealing with frequent disruptions and disrepair, such as a recent electrical fire and sewage backups, officials said.—
Erika I. Ritchie,
Oc Register,
22 Mar. 2026
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“Truck.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/truck. Accessed 29 Mar. 2026.
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