: the process or business of transporting goods on trucks

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The company is developing its trucking business through a driver-as-a-service model and works with companies across the freight and automotive industries. Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 24 July 2026 The trucking industry has applauded the administration’s effort to get unqualified drivers off the road and close down sham CDL schools, and companies praised this new effort to get more veterans behind the wheel. Josh Funk, Los Angeles Times, 24 July 2026 At first, Dana will be available mainly to Applied Intuition’s large enterprise customers, starting with those in the automotive, trucking and heavy industries, where the company’s tooling runs deepest. Reed Albergotti, semafor.com, 21 July 2026 In the shorter term, even if the Middle East conflict ends and Hormuz traffic returns to normal, Iraq’s trucking flows could continue as the country keeps exports diversified, traders say. Bloomberg News, Boston Herald, 18 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 27 Jul. 2026.

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