: the process or business of transporting goods on trucks

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Collins' roadblocks lie outside policy debates, and are instead centered around a House ethics probe and reporting that the representative's son-in-law is a white supremacist who may have been paid by Collins' trucking company. Irene Wright, USA Today, 31 July 2026 For a fast-moving industry like trucking, timing is also important. Toni Pisano, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026 Jason Rogers, a corn, soybean and cattle farmer in Ottumwa who also runs a trucking business, said the deregulation helped but that more would be welcome. Justin Papp, CNBC, 30 July 2026 Marcia Taylor never expected to grow her McDonough firm into a nearly $1 billion trucking and logistics giant. Kelly Yamanouchi, AJC.com, 29 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for trucking

Word History

First Known Use

1809, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of trucking was in 1809

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“Trucking.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/trucking. Accessed 7 Aug. 2026.

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