as in ton
a considerable amount
a boatload of publicity for the new handheld devices
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Recent Examples of boatload
Spring 2026 offered a boatload of true mermaids, cutting-off below the knee before flaring out into a full fishtail.
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Emily Mercer, Footwear News, 23 Apr. 2025
Its striking art style and strong voice acting support a baffling but delightful story about a house that contains a boatload of secrets.
—Matt Gardner, Forbes.com, 13 Apr. 2025
The cast includes multiple actors who appeared in the original Broadway production, which won a boatload of Tony awards in 2023.
State of play: The show runs tonight through Sunday at the Tennessee Performing Arts Center.
—Adam Tamburin, Axios, 8 Apr. 2025
Mortimer joins those ranks with a film that functions both as awestruck spectacle and anxious warning — joining a literal boatload of marine biologists racing to demystify an ecosystem before deep-sea miners destroy it.
—Guy Lodge, Variety, 31 Mar. 2025
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Emily Mercer, Footwear News, 23 Apr. 2025
Its striking art style and strong voice acting support a baffling but delightful story about a house that contains a boatload of secrets.
—Matt Gardner, Forbes.com, 13 Apr. 2025
The cast includes multiple actors who appeared in the original Broadway production, which won a boatload of Tony awards in 2023.
State of play: The show runs tonight through Sunday at the Tennessee Performing Arts Center.
—Adam Tamburin, Axios, 8 Apr. 2025
Mortimer joins those ranks with a film that functions both as awestruck spectacle and anxious warning — joining a literal boatload of marine biologists racing to demystify an ecosystem before deep-sea miners destroy it.
—Guy Lodge, Variety, 31 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for boatload
Noun
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But after crushing the Cavs and gaining a ton of experience last year, the Pacers see a path to getting eight more wins.—
Tony East,
Forbes.com,
16 May 2025
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Every week, Netflix drops a ton of new content for viewers to stream from studios all over the world.—
K. Thor Jensen,
PC Magazine,
16 May 2025
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More than two dozen people were rescued Saturday during a record-breaking heat wave as temperatures climbed to the high 90s in parts of Southern California.—
Colleen Shalby,
Los Angeles Times,
11 May 2025
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World powers including China, Saudi Arabia, and the Group of Seven nations had urged the countries to engage in dialog after dozens of civilians on either side of the border were killed in a series of tit-for-tat attacks.—
Bloomberg News,
Boston Herald,
10 May 2025
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The Grand Hyatt’s remodel is the latest in a slew of construction taking place at DFW.—
Kate Marijolovic,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
15 May 2025
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The survey was conducted between April 3 and April 23 — a period that followed Trump’s April 2 announcement of a new slew of massive tariffs and a later pause of dozens of those tariffs.—
Alicia Wallace,
CNN Money,
15 May 2025
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After building an 11-run lead by getting a bunch of hits and getting some help, the Padres held on for a 13-9 victory over the possibly historically horrible Rockies on Friday night at Coors Field.—
Kevin Acee,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
11 May 2025
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Because Steven Van Zandt gets to induct a bunch of 45s?—
Jason Newman,
Rolling Stone,
10 May 2025
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Speaking at a Hollywood Radio and Television Society panel Thursday on the Walt Disney Co. studio lot in Burbank, FX boss John Landgraf was circumspect about where the entertainment industry is going.—
Michael Schneider,
Variety,
9 May 2025
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Aniston bought the midcentury mansion on a 3.4-acre lot for about $21 million in 2012, according to reporting by Architectural Digest.—
Andrew Dalton,
Twin Cities,
8 May 2025
Noun
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The city will rope off the chunk of Wall Price Keller Road linking Wagon Court and Ray White Road between May 25 and August 12 for construction.—
Jaime Moore-Carrillo,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
14 May 2025
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The stones came from Volyn Gems, the country’s only gem mine, which is still managing to unearth and bring to market sizeable chunks of topaz, quartz and heliodor beryl, despite much of the mainly male workforce being called up to the army.—
Kate Matthams,
Forbes.com,
13 May 2025
Noun
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By Sunday, Cole and his brother Devon were barbecuing in front of the pile of bricks that used to be his house.—
Julia Vargas Jones,
CNN Money,
19 May 2025
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However, simply making the form available did not immediately clear the logjam, as servicers still had to wait for further guidance to process the pile of applications that had built up.—
Shahar Ziv,
Forbes.com,
19 May 2025
Noun
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Get 10% Off With Today’s Home Depot Promo Codes and Spring Offers Home Depot coupons and deals tend to ramp up in Spring, when people start refreshing their house and backyard, with deals of up to 50 percent on patio furniture, bath, mattresses and area rugs for Spring Decor Days.—
Matthew Korfhage,
Wired News,
17 May 2025
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Fried earned the largest chunk of the money that was allotted for Soto, signing an eight-year, $218 million deal as the Yankees boosted their rotation.—
Gary Phillips,
New York Daily News,
17 May 2025
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“Boatload.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/boatload. Accessed 23 May. 2025.
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