busload

noun

bus·​load ˈbəs-ˌlōd How to pronounce busload (audio)
: a load that fills a bus
busloads of tourists

Examples of busload in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web The family recently covered up the old garage bays, and are expanding the dining room to make room for the growing busloads of tourists. Kim Severson, New York Times, 29 Jan. 2024 Moten has thrown his support into the Stop The Arena movement — which recently sent a busload of activists to Richmond, the state capital, to lobby legislators. Ashraf Khalil, Fortune, 4 Mar. 2024 Under the supervision of busloads of riot police, Navalny’s body was whisked into a church for a brief ceremony before being taken for burial. Francesca ebel, Washington Post, 1 Mar. 2024 Last year, leaders there prepared for the arrival of a busload of migrants, but that did not happen. Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 18 Jan. 2024 Abbott has been sending busloads of migrants from their arrival point in Texas to major U.S. cities, including Chicago, for months. NBC News, 13 Jan. 2024 The last straw for the mayor was apparently Abbott's decision to send buses to New Jersey train stations connecting to New York City to thwart an executive order limiting the days and and hours busloads of asylum seekers could arrive here. Marcia Kramer, CBS News, 4 Jan. 2024 Two busloads of students were about to vanish forever, and yet the violence was far from over. Alma Guillermoprieto, The New Yorker, 4 Mar. 2024 With dawn comes a new busload of demonstrators, ultra-Orthodox children and teens from northern Israel. Loveday Morris, Washington Post, 10 Feb. 2024

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Word History

First Known Use

1854, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of busload was in 1854

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“Busload.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/busload. Accessed 18 Apr. 2024.

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