carloads

plural of carload
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. 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
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Noun
  • Turning waste Into energy The Surrey Biofuel Facility processes approximately 115,000 tons of food waste each year.
    Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 24 Oct. 2025
  • Like Ferrari, by 2016, tons of automakers caught on to CarPlay and began integrating it into their products.
    Liam Rappleye, USA Today, 23 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The Silos’ Food Truck Park also offers a range of local vendors with loads of meals and drinks to enjoy all day long.
    Sophia Beams, Better Homes & Gardens, 24 Oct. 2025
  • Choose storage with wheels This trunk with wheels can be moved depending on needs; plus, with all its ample room, it can be filled with loads of extra clothes and necessities for the home, like paper towels and toilet paper rolls, until they are needed inside the house.
    Michelle Mastro, Architectural Digest, 23 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Work piles up, but conversations distract for attention.
    USA TODAY, USA Today, 27 Oct. 2025
  • Leaves are perfect additions for worm bins and compost piles.
    Erica Browne Grivas, Better Homes & Gardens, 27 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The vessel has racked up hundreds of five-star ratings for its superior heat distribution and retention.
    Emily Weaver, PEOPLE, 22 Oct. 2025
  • For a darker experience in the City of Light, venture beneath Paris and explore its hundreds of miles of catacombs.
    Sophie Friedman, AFAR Media, 22 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • This recipe gets an extra bit of zip from chunks of pineapple.
    Mary Alice Russell, Southern Living, 22 Oct. 2025
  • Venture capital performance may be measured in ten-year chunks, but only an elite club of firms can claim to have stayed consistent—let alone functional—for anywhere close to that timeframe.
    Leo Schwartz, Fortune, 21 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • As a result, some supplement products may not contain the ingredients listed on the label or in the quantities mentioned.
    Sarah Anzlovar, Verywell Health, 23 Oct. 2025
  • Plutonium has occurred naturally, but except for trace quantities it is not now found in the Earth’s crust.
    Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 23 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • In subsequent years, numerous presidents screened dozens of movies each.
    Wesley Stenzel, Entertainment Weekly, 24 Oct. 2025
  • About a dozen Coast Guard officers stood watch over the protesters, after an altercation earlier in the morning.
    Terry Collins, USA Today, 23 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Disney announced price hikes across their streaming plans and bundles in September, set to take effect in October.
    Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 21 Oct. 2025
  • Dsney hiked the prices of its Disney+ plans and bundles this month, with NBCUniversal’s Peacock raising its subscription price substantially in August ahead of the NBA season.
    Alex Weprin, HollywoodReporter, 21 Oct. 2025

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“Carloads.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/carloads. Accessed 28 Oct. 2025.

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