as in tons
a considerable amount
he always has a carload of ideas for a new product launch
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Recent Examples of carloads
Two van-loads, four carloads and a whole team of volunteers transported the hefty amount of donations.
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Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
12 June 2026
The children, their mother and Covington hauled carloads of belongings to their new place.
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Dan Sullivan,
The Orlando Sentinel,
3 Mar. 2026
Illinois is the nation’s rail hub, ranking first among the states in rail tons and rail carloads moved; half of all container railcars in the nation flow through Chicago.
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Jim Nowlan,
Chicago Tribune,
27 Feb. 2026
When the carloads of masked men showed up outside, these strangers chased them away with whistles.
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Nick Woltman,
Twin Cities,
22 Feb. 2026
But Associated Press staff saw carloads of agents in northeast Minneapolis, as well as the northern suburb of Little Canada.
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Mike Catalini,
Fortune,
27 Jan. 2026
In fewer than 15 minutes, two separate carloads of people pulled up to the John Muir National Historic Site in Martinez last Saturday.
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Martha Ross,
Mercury News,
13 Oct. 2025
Three carloads of Crips headed for Club 662.
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Gina Barton,
USA Today,
7 Sep. 2025
The formation of an intercontinental railroad would ideally cut down transit times, particularly by reducing interchange points, where carloads and containers are moved from one railroad to the other.
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Glenn Taylor,
Sourcing Journal,
3 Sep. 2025
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
12 June 2026
The children, their mother and Covington hauled carloads of belongings to their new place.
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Dan Sullivan,
The Orlando Sentinel,
3 Mar. 2026
Illinois is the nation’s rail hub, ranking first among the states in rail tons and rail carloads moved; half of all container railcars in the nation flow through Chicago.
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Jim Nowlan,
Chicago Tribune,
27 Feb. 2026
When the carloads of masked men showed up outside, these strangers chased them away with whistles.
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Nick Woltman,
Twin Cities,
22 Feb. 2026
But Associated Press staff saw carloads of agents in northeast Minneapolis, as well as the northern suburb of Little Canada.
—
Mike Catalini,
Fortune,
27 Jan. 2026
In fewer than 15 minutes, two separate carloads of people pulled up to the John Muir National Historic Site in Martinez last Saturday.
—
Martha Ross,
Mercury News,
13 Oct. 2025
Three carloads of Crips headed for Club 662.
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Gina Barton,
USA Today,
7 Sep. 2025
The formation of an intercontinental railroad would ideally cut down transit times, particularly by reducing interchange points, where carloads and containers are moved from one railroad to the other.
—
Glenn Taylor,
Sourcing Journal,
3 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for carloads
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The aim is to cut greenhouse gases from roughly 350,000 tons of organic waste a year and help Los Angeles finally comply with California’s ambitious Senate Bill 1383 composting mandates.
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There are tons of mice out there with an entire keypad’s worth of thumb buttons — the Razer Naga pioneered the genre.
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Lithium batteries often maintain more consistent performance throughout their charge cycle, a trait that may be noticeable when tackling hills or carrying heavier loads.
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This leads to higher fungal loads.
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Health care stocks, meanwhile, were some of the strongest forces pushing upward on the market after a committee of the European Medicines Agency recommended several medicines for approval and the extension for another dozen of their therapeutic indications.
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Previous cloud-seeding controversies Cloud seeding is now at the center of the rise in weather‑control conspiracy narratives after disasters, such as the tragic Texas floods of 2025 that killed dozens of people, many of them children.
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What was left of other buildings were buried under piles of their own debris.
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Idling trucks, sandbag piles and large metal trailers stationed around a massive cold storage facility that burned for days in Boyle Heights signaled that the work to clean up millions of pounds of spoiled food and burned debris had begun Friday morning.
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Yimvert Berroteran, a promising young talent, was among the hundreds of people who died, the Venezuelan national team and the Venezuelan Football Federation (FVF) said Friday.
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Temperatures climb after Sunday, with heat indices in the hundreds for multiple days, prompting the National Weather Service to issue an extreme heat watch for Cook County, in effect from Monday through Wednesday.
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The president said that his administration would have to drain the pool and start over again as the new liner shed chunks of itself.
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Offerman, whose role provides a framework for the plot, spends chunks of rehearsal watching.
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Exceptionally Aged 15 and Exceptionally Aged 25 will hit the market in limited quantities, each with under 5,000 bottles globally.
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Whether selections are sourced from top sites throughout the valley or are from a single exceptional vineyard, all are made in small quantities, often just a handful of barrels.
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From there, my summer shopping list continues with a vacation-ready dress from Ulla Johnson and lots of cotton separates—Leset’s breezy boxer shorts are my ideal beach-to-street buy.
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Anyone who loves 19th-century design, arts and culture, and lots of shiny things should add this to their dance card.
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“Carloads.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/carloads. Accessed 30 Jun. 2026.
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