1
: a portable platform for handling, storing, or moving materials and packages (as in warehouses, factories, or vehicles)
2
: a wooden flat-bladed instrument
3
: a lever or surface in a timepiece that receives an impulse from the escapement wheel and imparts motion to a balance or pendulum
1
: a straw-filled tick or mattress
2
: a small, hard, or temporary bed
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Lia Russell
march 24, Sacbee.com, 24 Mar. 2026
In the weeks before Passover, the busiest season of the year for kosher wine, a forklift is moving pallets across the warehouse and bottling lines are running steadily, workers are preparing shipments destined for holiday tables.
—Asaf Elia-Shalev, Sun Sentinel, 23 Mar. 2026
Riverside firefighters battled a large fire at a pallet yard on Monday afternoon, which quickly engulfed dozens of wooden pallets and spread to a field of vegetation as flames were fueled by strong winds and intense temperatures in the area.
—Dean Fioresi, CBS News, 16 Mar. 2026
That works out to around 485 pallets per day, with around 70% of them containing food supplies, according to OCHA.
—Chantal Da Silva, NBC news, 13 Mar. 2026
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Newsom visited Israel shortly after Hamas militants attacked and took 1,200 Israelis hostage in October 2023, and later sent pallets of supplies to the West Bank after Israel cut off aid.
—Lia Russell
march 24, Sacbee.com, 24 Mar. 2026
In the weeks before Passover, the busiest season of the year for kosher wine, a forklift is moving pallets across the warehouse and bottling lines are running steadily, workers are preparing shipments destined for holiday tables.
—Asaf Elia-Shalev, Sun Sentinel, 23 Mar. 2026
Riverside firefighters battled a large fire at a pallet yard on Monday afternoon, which quickly engulfed dozens of wooden pallets and spread to a field of vegetation as flames were fueled by strong winds and intense temperatures in the area.
—Dean Fioresi, CBS News, 16 Mar. 2026
That works out to around 485 pallets per day, with around 70% of them containing food supplies, according to OCHA.
—Chantal Da Silva, NBC news, 13 Mar. 2026
See All Example Sentences for pallet
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“Pallet.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pallet. Accessed 27 Mar. 2026.
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