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
Following launch, astronauts aboard the International Space Station will use the Canadarm2 robotic arm to capture Cygnus and install the spacecraft to the Unity module’s Earth-facing port for cargo unloading.
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Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 1 May 2026
Large SUVs, by definition, should offer plenty of cargo space.
—James Raia, Mercury News, 1 May 2026
Mapping the unseen world The wreck is believed to be a merchant vessel that once carried ceramics and metal cargo across Mediterranean trade routes.
—Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 30 Apr. 2026
When cargo is stolen, prices go up.
—Chris Spear, New York Daily News, 30 Apr. 2026
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Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 1 May 2026
Large SUVs, by definition, should offer plenty of cargo space.
—James Raia, Mercury News, 1 May 2026
Mapping the unseen world The wreck is believed to be a merchant vessel that once carried ceramics and metal cargo across Mediterranean trade routes.
—Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 30 Apr. 2026
When cargo is stolen, prices go up.
—Chris Spear, New York Daily News, 30 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cargo
Noun
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The other payloads followed suit over the next hour and a half.—
Mike Wall,
Space.com,
3 May 2026
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First will be a SpaceX cargo Dragon on the CRS-35 mission with another 7,200 pounds of payload including roll-out solar arrays for the station.—
Richard Tribou,
The Orlando Sentinel,
2 May 2026
Noun
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Their burdens, at least, were light.—
Daniel Immerwahr,
New Yorker,
4 May 2026
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City leaders raised the property tax rate for two consecutive years, most recently by about 3 cents to nearly 63 cents per $100 valuation, a move critics said placed a greater burden on homeowners.—
Sergio Candido,
CBS News,
3 May 2026
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Observable loadings have declined since the blockade, although the data can be difficult to interpret and often shows up on a delay.—
Anthony Di Paola,
Fortune,
2 May 2026
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Hinchey is accused of chasing the woman, whose identity has not been released, to the store's loading dock area.—
Madison E. Goldberg,
PEOPLE,
30 Apr. 2026
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Managing the ins and outs of a family’s life is no small task, but fortunately, these mothers no longer have to manage this mental load on their own.—
William Jones,
USA Today,
29 Apr. 2026
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Engineers can simulate movements, loads, and environmental conditions before real deployment.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
29 Apr. 2026
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But the new traffic data the railroads analyzed from all the major freight railroads convinced executives that more job growth is likely.—
Josh Funk,
Chicago Tribune,
30 Apr. 2026
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Delivered to Union Pacific in 1941, the locomotive was among 25 built to haul wartime freight across the Continental Divide in Wyoming and Utah.—
Trevor Hughes,
USA Today,
29 Apr. 2026
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“Cargo.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cargo. Accessed 6 May. 2026.
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