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
As the community in Louisville, Kentucky, mourns the loss of at least a dozen people killed in a fiery United Parcel Service cargo plane crash, authorities warned that answers for family members may still be a way off.
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Thao Nguyen, USA Today, 6 Nov. 2025
The list includes passenger airports, airline hubs, airports with heavy cargo traffic also Teterboro, New York, which CBS says is frequented by private jets and other general aviation traffic.
—Cheryl Vari, Cincinnati Enquirer, 6 Nov. 2025
That plane was operated by now-defunct cargo airline Avient Aviation.
—Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 6 Nov. 2025
Yesterday, a cargo aircraft operated by UPS Airlines (Flight 2976) crashed just after takeoff from Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport in Kentucky.
—Lydia Patrick, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2025
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Thao Nguyen, USA Today, 6 Nov. 2025
The list includes passenger airports, airline hubs, airports with heavy cargo traffic also Teterboro, New York, which CBS says is frequented by private jets and other general aviation traffic.
—Cheryl Vari, Cincinnati Enquirer, 6 Nov. 2025
That plane was operated by now-defunct cargo airline Avient Aviation.
—Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 6 Nov. 2025
Yesterday, a cargo aircraft operated by UPS Airlines (Flight 2976) crashed just after takeoff from Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport in Kentucky.
—Lydia Patrick, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cargo
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Thus far, Russian air defenses have been able to defeat up to 95 percent of Ukrainian drones, and given the small payload of the Ukrainian munitions, only around half the drones that reach a target have actually done meaningful damage.—
Jack Watling,
Foreign Affairs,
11 Nov. 2025
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After the booster separates from the rest of the vehicle, the upper stage carrying the payload fairing will continue in space, helping to send the ESCAPADE satellites to Mars.—
Eric Lagatta,
USA Today,
11 Nov. 2025
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Conclusion Electric roads offer a transformative approach to decarbonizing transport and reducing battery burdens.—
Atharva Gosavi,
Interesting Engineering,
8 Nov. 2025
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By addressing it daily, your clothes chair remains useful for quick drops but won’t become a burden.—
Patricia Shannon,
Better Homes & Gardens,
8 Nov. 2025
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Most seemed to be triggered by physical exertion—loading sandbags before Hurricane Wilma, for example, or bailing water out of a car owing to Hurricane Floyd.—
Clayton Dalton,
New Yorker,
11 Nov. 2025
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All the other tenants will have street-level loading access, and delivery trucks will be able to park in the back of the buildings.—
Regina Elling,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
10 Nov. 2025
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But, at a moment when big narrative audio studios are shuttering, loads of people are being laid off and fewer documentary series are being made, this sentence really struck a nerve in the industry of folks who produce, write, edit and sound design longform narrative audio.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
7 Nov. 2025
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That could mean co-locating with renewables, using batteries to extend solar availability, or making data centers flexible enough to shift heavy compute loads to periods of abundant clean power.—
Christopher McFadden,
Interesting Engineering,
7 Nov. 2025
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The global picture Following Electreon’s success near Paris, concessionaires are evaluating dynamic charging for major freight corridors.—
Atharva Gosavi,
Interesting Engineering,
8 Nov. 2025
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Three crew members aboard the freight plane are believed to be among those found dead, Kentucky officials said.—
Dalia Faheid,
CNN Money,
6 Nov. 2025
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“Cargo.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cargo. Accessed 12 Nov. 2025.
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