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
Many are barely seaworthy and often engage in ship-to-ship transfers of their cargo while at sea in an effort to obscure the oil’s origin.
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Yuliya Talmazan, NBC news, 8 Jan. 2026
At the time, NASA stretched out the station's supply of blood thinners for more than 40 days before a cargo mission arrived with a top-up.
—Josh Dinner, Space.com, 8 Jan. 2026
One photo showed Maduro wearing white pajamas inside a military cargo plane that supposedly flew him out of Caracas.
—James Warren, Chicago Tribune, 8 Jan. 2026
The Rocus, also known as The Bone Wreck, ran aground while transporting a cargo of cow bones to be used as fertilizer on the island, thus giving Anegada's Cow Wreck Beach its unique name.
—Carley Rojas Avila, Travel + Leisure, 7 Jan. 2026
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Yuliya Talmazan, NBC news, 8 Jan. 2026
At the time, NASA stretched out the station's supply of blood thinners for more than 40 days before a cargo mission arrived with a top-up.
—Josh Dinner, Space.com, 8 Jan. 2026
One photo showed Maduro wearing white pajamas inside a military cargo plane that supposedly flew him out of Caracas.
—James Warren, Chicago Tribune, 8 Jan. 2026
The Rocus, also known as The Bone Wreck, ran aground while transporting a cargo of cow bones to be used as fertilizer on the island, thus giving Anegada's Cow Wreck Beach its unique name.
—Carley Rojas Avila, Travel + Leisure, 7 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cargo
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Unitree’s humanoids are powered by its proprietary AI models and feature quick-swappable batteries, depth perception systems, and payload capacities suitable for inspection and manipulation tasks.—
Kaif Shaikh,
Interesting Engineering,
8 Jan. 2026
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As an analysis by SpaceNews explains, the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, one of the most affordable rides to space, charges customers about $2,500 per kilogram of payload.—
Jeffrey Kluger,
Time,
7 Jan. 2026
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That connection is visible in rising antisemitic incidents and the daily security burdens borne by Jewish schools and synagogues.—
David Moore,
New York Daily News,
11 Jan. 2026
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Fraud and abuse are merely the cost of social progress, and empathy for the burden their agendas place on hard-working Marylanders is all but non-existent.—
Torrey Snow,
Baltimore Sun,
11 Jan. 2026
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Excavators will support autonomous trenching, loading, grading, and related operations.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
7 Jan. 2026
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For top-loading machines, never fill laundry past the agitator.—
Nafeesah Allen,
Better Homes & Gardens,
4 Jan. 2026
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Load the down coat into a front-load washer or a high-efficiency top-load washer without a center agitator for gentle agitation.—
Mary Marlowe Leverette,
The Spruce,
14 Jan. 2026
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Over time, increase the repetitions using light weights, then gradually progress to heavier loads, Forsyth recommended.—
Allison Forsyth,
Health,
14 Jan. 2026
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If approved by federal regulators, the merger would create the nation's first transcontinental railroad company controlling nearly half of American rail freight.—
Emma Hurt,
AJC.com,
9 Jan. 2026
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Echo Global Logistics is rolling out customs brokerage services for cross-border freight swapped between the North American countries.—
Glenn Taylor,
Sourcing Journal,
9 Jan. 2026
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“Cargo.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cargo. Accessed 15 Jan. 2026.
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