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as in cargo
a mass or quantity of something taken up and carried, conveyed, or transported
shipped a large freight of steel to the manufacturer
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as in price
the amount of money that is demanded as payment for something
it's all very well to suggest increased government services, but who will pay the freight for them?
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as in to load
to place a weight or burden on
it took six hours to freight the cargo airplane
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Recent Examples of freight
Arkansas Online, 16 Mar. 2026
In boardrooms and ballrooms featuring the elite of the North American freight rail industry, a big question is on the table.
—Emma Hurt, AJC.com, 16 Mar. 2026
Tyler Austin Harper, The Atlantic, 30 Oct. 2025
Demna’s work was hugely politically freighted at times, and Piccioli has spoken out, particularly on conservative views about women, in the past.
—Sarah Mower, Vogue, 3 Oct. 2025
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Noun
The freight market was beginning to show signs of growth.
—Arkansas Online, 16 Mar. 2026
In boardrooms and ballrooms featuring the elite of the North American freight rail industry, a big question is on the table.
—Emma Hurt, AJC.com, 16 Mar. 2026
Verb
His fiction, neither notably blood-soaked nor mythologically freighted, also differs starkly from the work of Larry McMurtry and Cormac McCarthy, contemporaries who likewise were famously steeped in the West.
—Tyler Austin Harper, The Atlantic, 30 Oct. 2025
Demna’s work was hugely politically freighted at times, and Piccioli has spoken out, particularly on conservative views about women, in the past.
—Sarah Mower, Vogue, 3 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for freight
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From cargo ships crossing the ocean to the delivery van pulling up to your door, rising fuel and other energy prices are driving up the cost of transporting goods.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
21 Mar. 2026
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An Iranian official says that 16 commercial and civilian cargo ships were set on fire after an American-Israeli strike on two of its ports on the Persian Gulf.—
Marlene Lenthang,
NBC news,
20 Mar. 2026
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It’s stocked with local confectionaries, ranging from kombucha to popcorn, all at reasonable-ish prices.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
20 Mar. 2026
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And while the president has continued to beckon the Fed for further rate cuts, domestic oil prices have indeed already risen.—
Tiana Lowe Doescher,
The Washington Examiner,
20 Mar. 2026
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As the price of Brent crude climbed and attacks rattled markets, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said the administration may lift restrictions on Iranian oil already loaded onto vessels.—
Victoria Craw,
Washington Post,
19 Mar. 2026
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Tankers load up on Kharg Island, which is about 20 miles from Iran's coast in the Persian Gulf, before heading through the Strait of Hormuz and into the Arabian Sea and beyond.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
19 Mar. 2026
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The highest percentage of those with financial burdens was families earning less than $50,000 per year.—
Christopher Keating,
Hartford Courant,
22 Mar. 2026
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Critics now argue those obligations have grown into a major public burden as the project has faced delays and mounting costs.—
Eric Mack,
FOXNews.com,
22 Mar. 2026
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Primarily intended for use on jets and helicopters, the idea is to provide low-cost per-shot solutions for threats such as drones and missiles.—
Christopher McFadden,
Interesting Engineering,
22 Mar. 2026
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From cargo ships crossing the ocean to the delivery van pulling up to your door, rising fuel and other energy prices are driving up the cost of transporting goods.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
21 Mar. 2026
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The modular design allows for three standard payload modules to be installed or one extra-large module, enabling missions such as Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (ISR), mine countermeasures, anti-submarine warfare, and undersea cable and pipeline inspection.—
David Szondy
March 22,
New Atlas,
22 Mar. 2026
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The first-stage booster flew for a record-tieng 20th time, but was expended getting the payload to medium-Earth orbit.—
Richard Tribou,
The Orlando Sentinel,
22 Mar. 2026
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The remaining tax and fee receipts, federal grants and other revenues flow into the budget, where additional spending controls typically force hundreds of millions in additional savings each year.—
Laura Tillman,
Hartford Courant,
25 Mar. 2026
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Using a blended average, that means the 12 teams could net roughly $5 billion in expansion fees.—
Kurt Badenhausen,
Sportico.com,
25 Mar. 2026
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When my sister and I left the building, the morgue techs were still parked in the yellow loading zone between Target and Tower Cleaners—our dad’s dry-cleaning place—and just closing the tailgate of the hearse.—
Amanda Peet,
New Yorker,
21 Mar. 2026
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If its loading facilities were knocked out, Iran's ability to export oil would collapse almost immediately.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
21 Mar. 2026
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“Freight.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/freight. Accessed 27 Mar. 2026.
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