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
Discovery tales → The remains of a massive medieval cargo ship were uncovered during routine seabed surveys.
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Staff, FOXNews.com, 29 Jan. 2026
Through 2029, Drewry expects CMA CGM to add the third-most cargo capacity worldwide among terminal operators at roughly 22 million TEUs.
—Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 29 Jan. 2026
That means cargo must be tied down or removed to keep items from dropping onto the roadway or flying off.
—Evan Moore, Charlotte Observer, 29 Jan. 2026
The two helicopters involved flew a dozen total loads of cargo from the icebreaker ship to the camp site, while glacial scientists and engineers erected a small tent city, complete with bathrooms, generators, and a mess hall.
—Joe Wilkins Published Jan 28, Futurism, 28 Jan. 2026
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Staff, FOXNews.com, 29 Jan. 2026
Through 2029, Drewry expects CMA CGM to add the third-most cargo capacity worldwide among terminal operators at roughly 22 million TEUs.
—Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 29 Jan. 2026
That means cargo must be tied down or removed to keep items from dropping onto the roadway or flying off.
—Evan Moore, Charlotte Observer, 29 Jan. 2026
The two helicopters involved flew a dozen total loads of cargo from the icebreaker ship to the camp site, while glacial scientists and engineers erected a small tent city, complete with bathrooms, generators, and a mess hall.
—Joe Wilkins Published Jan 28, Futurism, 28 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cargo
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These assets include 10 advanced warships and dozens of fighter jets capable of flying at twice the speed of sound to deliver 20,000-pound payloads.—
Karim Sadjadpour,
The Atlantic,
31 Jan. 2026
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SpaceX additionally benefits from billions of dollars in contracts from NASA and the Department of Defense by providing launch services for classified satellites and other payloads.—
Eric Lagatta,
AZCentral.com,
30 Jan. 2026
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Designed, tested, and deployed for the electronic warfare battlefield, V-BAT delivers ISR and targeting at significantly lower cost and logistical burden than larger Group 4 and 5 drones.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
2 Feb. 2026
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The housing cost burden falls more heavily on renters than owners.—
Kristen Taketa,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
1 Feb. 2026
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Thousands of protesters met in front of City Hall in the afternoon, before many marched to the federal detention center, where a mob of violent agitators swarmed the area, pushing a large construction dumpster and blocking the entrance to the building's loading dock.—
Michael Sinkewicz,
FOXNews.com,
31 Jan. 2026
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On January 21st, an ICE vehicle pulled into the loading dock of the high school; in a video of the incident, taken from a classroom window, students can be overheard in a hubbub of jeering, incredulity, and fear.—
Jessica Winter,
New Yorker,
31 Jan. 2026
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Guo says the approach can be scaled up to much larger sizes suitable for load-bearing platforms.—
Sujita Sinha,
Interesting Engineering,
28 Jan. 2026
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There are loads of cool details hidden throughout the set, too, with refuelling pipes and a moving bridge that connects the tower to the Orion module.—
Ian Stokes,
Space.com,
28 Jan. 2026
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Looking ahead to 2026, both Union Pacific and CSX are guiding to a year defined more by execution and cost discipline than by a meaningful freight rebound.—
Glenn Taylor,
Sourcing Journal,
29 Jan. 2026
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Construction began the same year, with early phases focused on freight operations.—
Keith J Fernandez,
Condé Nast Traveler,
27 Jan. 2026
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“Cargo.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cargo. Accessed 5 Feb. 2026.
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