as in payload
a mass or quantity of something taken up and carried, conveyed, or transported
we put all of our cargo on the pack animals and began our journey through the canyon
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Recent Examples of cargo
Yemen’s Houthi militants sank a second cargo ship in the Red Sea in a week.
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semafor.com, 10 July 2025
Chalamet prioritized comfort for the beach outing and wore a Nigeria soccer jersey with bright green and white stripes, army green cargo shorts and crisp white sneakers.
—Starr Bowenbank, People.com, 8 July 2025
The cargo style comes with a variety of pockets to help keep your hands free, and to keep your wallet, phone, and sunglasses within reach.
—Rylee Johnston, Travel + Leisure, 7 July 2025
This not only delays cargo but inflates global shipping costs—estimated to have surged by nearly $200 billion since the Houthi campaign began.
—Amir Daftari, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 July 2025
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semafor.com, 10 July 2025
Chalamet prioritized comfort for the beach outing and wore a Nigeria soccer jersey with bright green and white stripes, army green cargo shorts and crisp white sneakers.
—Starr Bowenbank, People.com, 8 July 2025
The cargo style comes with a variety of pockets to help keep your hands free, and to keep your wallet, phone, and sunglasses within reach.
—Rylee Johnston, Travel + Leisure, 7 July 2025
This not only delays cargo but inflates global shipping costs—estimated to have surged by nearly $200 billion since the Houthi campaign began.
—Amir Daftari, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cargo
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The Israeli Air Force handled Iran's air defense system with ease, so much so that Israeli pilots established air superiority over the country and greased the skids for U.S. B-2 bombers to drop their 30,000-pound payloads on two of Iran's main nuclear facilities at Natanz and Fordow.—
Daniel R. DePetris,
MSNBC Newsweek,
10 July 2025
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Then, once the skies were cleared, Israel used its crewed aircraft to strike targets such as the Natanz nuclear facility with an accuracy and payload beyond drones’ capability.—
Michael C. Horowitz,
Foreign Affairs,
4 July 2025
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That’s a burden for working students who balance jobs with education.—
Leadership Brainery,
Forbes.com,
2 July 2025
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Funding Changes Republicans on the Senate Agriculture Committee, which oversees the program, are proposing to shift more of the financial burden for the food stamps program onto states.—
Aliss Higham,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 June 2025
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Driving, being in control of all these pallets of Guinness and stacking them, loading [semis] that were going out to various pubs in Northern Ireland.—
EW.com,
EW.com,
8 July 2025
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Security analysts assume that such explosions are related to the vessel's recent loading at Russian oil export facilities; however, Lloyd's List said that there is no hard evidence to support these theories, making vessel risk assessments difficult for shipowners and operators.—
Brendan Cole
John Feng,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 July 2025
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Large scale battery storage deployments nearly doubled last year to 30 gigawatts nationwide due to demand from solar projects to balance intermittent loads.—
Christopher Helman,
Forbes.com,
2 July 2025
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By integrating route planning, safety compliance, document processing, and real-time load visibility, platforms like this offer smaller carriers the kind of operational backbone typically reserved for national fleets.—
Connie Etemadi,
USA Today,
30 June 2025
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These imports will only be allowed entry into India using ocean freight via the Nhava Sheva Port (also known as Jawaharlal Nehru Port) in Mumbai.—
Glenn Taylor,
Sourcing Journal,
3 July 2025
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By law, interstate freight truck drivers cannot exceed 11 hours on the road.—
Matthew Adams,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
3 July 2025
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“Cargo.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cargo. Accessed 16 Jul. 2025.
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