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
The report found that 17 percent of teens like cargo jeans and 16 percent like flare jeans.
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Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal, 9 May 2025
Hartnett holds his own up and down the aisles, through the cargo hold, and into the bathroom, making use of the space and tools within his vicinity.
—Katie Walsh, Twin Cities, 9 May 2025
According to FlightAware data, there were several commercial and cargo flights that landed between 3:07 a.m. and 4:30 a.m. EDT, however no safety or mechanical issues have been reported on those flights.
—Michael Cappetta, Travel + Leisure, 9 May 2025
Cathay Pacific has been flying cargo flights to Dallas for more than 20 years, but April marks its first passenger flight ever to the city.
—Taylor McIntyre, Travel + Leisure, 30 Apr. 2025
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Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal, 9 May 2025
Hartnett holds his own up and down the aisles, through the cargo hold, and into the bathroom, making use of the space and tools within his vicinity.
—Katie Walsh, Twin Cities, 9 May 2025
According to FlightAware data, there were several commercial and cargo flights that landed between 3:07 a.m. and 4:30 a.m. EDT, however no safety or mechanical issues have been reported on those flights.
—Michael Cappetta, Travel + Leisure, 9 May 2025
Cathay Pacific has been flying cargo flights to Dallas for more than 20 years, but April marks its first passenger flight ever to the city.
—Taylor McIntyre, Travel + Leisure, 30 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cargo
Noun
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Neutron is Electron's medium-lift successor, built for larger payloads and national security missions.—
Josh Dinner,
Space.com,
9 May 2025
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SpaceX's Starship, with roughly 10 times more payload lift capacity than Neutron, is also on contract with AFRL for demonstrations for the Rocket Cargo program.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
9 May 2025
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Managers are juggling the dual burden of pressure from superiors and the well-being of their teams amid return-to-office mandates, massive layoffs, tariff threats and economic uncertainty.—
Bryan Robinson,
Forbes.com,
3 May 2025
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Trade experts also note that to comply with the law, importers and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) now face a new administrative challenge: the burden of inspecting millions of additional packages daily.—
Megan Cerullo,
CBS News,
2 May 2025
Noun
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There’s a small receiving room for customers to pick up or drop off bottles and a loading dock for the larger orders.—
Robert Channick,
Chicago Tribune,
10 May 2025
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The Naugatuck train station is a small plexiglass box with a single bench, a lone dot in the expanse of the concrete parking lot, just across from the loading dock of a post office.—
Ginny Monk,
Hartford Courant,
10 May 2025
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Alongside the rest of Toronto’s rotation depth, Turnbull and Ureña should help ease the load at the top of the Blue Jays’ rotation.—
Will Sammon,
New York Times,
3 May 2025
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Because she is paid per load, Helen’s income does not meet the minimum wage when there are too few jobs available.—
Caroline Petrow-Cohen,
Los Angeles Times,
3 May 2025
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Vince indicated that the increase in the gross margin rate was primarily driven by about 320 basis points due to lower promotional activity in the direct-to-consumer segment and lower discounting, and about 210 basis points related to lower product and freight costs.—
David Moin,
Footwear News,
2 May 2025
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This has caused a current drop in air freight demand as companies figure out their tariff strategy.—
Glenn Taylor,
Sourcing Journal,
1 May 2025
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“Cargo.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cargo. Accessed 15 May. 2025.
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