cargo
noun
car·go
ˈkär-(ˌ)gō 
plural cargoes or cargos
: the goods or merchandise conveyed in a ship, airplane, or vehicle : freight
Dock workers were unloading the ship's cargo.
Examples of cargo in a Sentence
The ship was carrying a cargo of crude oil.
we put all of our cargo on the pack animals and began our journey through the canyon
Recent Examples on the Web
Earlier this year, the Department of Transportation (DOT) sent out a notice asking stakeholders to share commentary regarding how the federal government can better develop strategies to cut down on cargo thefts, signaling the issue is garnering the attention of high-level law enforcement officials.
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Julia Bonavita, FOXNews.com, 8 Dec. 2025
Indigenous leaders waited on the snowy tarmac at Montreal’s Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport Saturday as the precious cargo was unloaded from an Air Canada jet.
—Lex Harvey, CNN Money, 8 Dec. 2025
The delay followed reports from His Majesty’s Coastguard that several shipping containers fell overboard from the Baltic Klipper cargo ship near the Nab Tower in the Solent — a major shipping lane for vessels passing between the Isle of Wight and mainland Great Britain.
—Colson Thayer, PEOPLE, 8 Dec. 2025
The agency released video footage showing Coast Guard vehicles and a helicopter pursuing the non-compliant vessel, disabling it before seizing the illicit cargo.
—Hollie Silverman, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Dec. 2025
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Julia Bonavita, FOXNews.com, 8 Dec. 2025
Indigenous leaders waited on the snowy tarmac at Montreal’s Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport Saturday as the precious cargo was unloaded from an Air Canada jet.
—Lex Harvey, CNN Money, 8 Dec. 2025
The delay followed reports from His Majesty’s Coastguard that several shipping containers fell overboard from the Baltic Klipper cargo ship near the Nab Tower in the Solent — a major shipping lane for vessels passing between the Isle of Wight and mainland Great Britain.
—Colson Thayer, PEOPLE, 8 Dec. 2025
The agency released video footage showing Coast Guard vehicles and a helicopter pursuing the non-compliant vessel, disabling it before seizing the illicit cargo.
—Hollie Silverman, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Dec. 2025
See All Example Sentences for cargo
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“Cargo.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cargo. Accessed 10 Dec. 2025.
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