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
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.
—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
Martha Ross, Mercury News, 13 Oct. 2025
Three carloads of Crips headed for Club 662.
—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
Noun
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Lightweight and easy to flatten when empty, this packable tote from Bagsmart is a steal for $26 and features tons of pockets for stashing all of your travel essentials.—
Sophie Dodd,
Travel + Leisure,
11 Jan. 2026
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Also, didn’t Trump just pardon Juan Orlando Hernández, the former Honduran President, who had been sentenced to forty-five years in federal prison for conspiring to import four hundred tons of cocaine into the United States?—
Daniel Immerwahr,
New Yorker,
10 Jan. 2026
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As more loads were seized through the summer and fall of 2024, Wedding began to rely increasingly on one of Toronto’s most colorful criminal defense attorneys, Deepak Paradkar, for information, according to the indictment.—
Jesse Hyde,
Rolling Stone,
10 Jan. 2026
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In some of the tunnels that cut through the mountains, there were only a couple of inches to spare on either side of the loads.—
Stanley Stewart,
Travel + Leisure,
10 Jan. 2026
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Having designed dozens of homes and studied many more, interior designers become accustomed to spotting some of the same home accessories over and over again.—
Sarah Lyon,
The Spruce,
11 Jan. 2026
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While this design comes in a dozen colors, the Amazon-exclusive Black Cherry hue is swoonworthy!—
Sophie Dodd,
Travel + Leisure,
11 Jan. 2026
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Shelf ice forms along beaches where ice piles up after being pushed to shore.—
Sarah Moore,
Freep.com,
5 Jan. 2026
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Amid a large snowstorm in Michigan's Upper Peninsula, one curious dog dived into piles of snow in a now-viral video.—
Fernando Cervantes Jr,
USA Today,
2 Jan. 2026
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In a field experiment with hundreds of consultants, GPT-4 improved speed and quality on some knowledge tasks while performance dropped on other, seemingly similar tasks just outside its strengths.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
8 Jan. 2026
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In San Francisco, hundreds of people gathered for a protest and march to speak out against ICE, with many expressing anger and outrage about the fatal shooting in Minneapolis.—
Andrea Nakano,
CBS News,
8 Jan. 2026
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Once that’s been melted to water, larger chunks of the ice slough off much more easily.—
Andrew P. Collins,
The Drive,
8 Jan. 2026
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If large stuck-on food chunks remain, carefully scrape them off with a razor blade, being mindful not to scratch the stovetop.—
Daley Quinn,
Southern Living,
7 Jan. 2026
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These unmanned systems are relatively low cost, can be produced in large quantities, and pose a challenge to conventional air and sea defences due to their size, numbers, and flight patterns.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
9 Jan. 2026
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Portion sizes matter here because some foods are high in FODMAPs when eaten in larger quantities.—
Amber J. Tresca,
Verywell Health,
8 Jan. 2026
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Empty lots littered with debris and ash line the street where houses and small businesses once stood.—
Roger Vincent,
Los Angeles Times,
9 Jan. 2026
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All but one of the fires were started on corner lots, all the vehicles were parked on the curb alongside a house, and all the vehicles were older models or dilapidated.—
Lillie Davidson,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
9 Jan. 2026
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“Carloads.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/carloads. Accessed 12 Jan. 2026.
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