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as in wagon
a wheeled usually horse-drawn vehicle used for hauling a cart piled up with hay

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verb

as in to carry
to support and take from one place to another carted a knapsack filled with books from class to class

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Recent Examples of cart
Noun
And, many of these fall outfits are on sale, so now is the perfect time to add them to your cart. Isis Briones, Travel + Leisure, 7 Sep. 2025 During its first project, the team found that young people entering youth shelters struggled with isolation, so the team members built a board game cart and collected hundreds of games, books and clothes for a local youth shelter. Magda Liszewska, Oc Register, 7 Sep. 2025
Verb
Weary of carting your gear through the airport? Lara Kramer, AFAR Media, 29 Aug. 2025 Especially since the likes of Oasis have a far bigger economic impact than a Bears game, which attracts mostly locals and suburbanites who typically cart in their own tailgating supplies. The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 28 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for cart
Recent Examples of Synonyms for cart
Noun
  • But by mid-2020, the commissioner appeared to have fallen off the wagon, according to political insiders around him.
    Joey Flechas, Miami Herald, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Twenty years later, Volvo revived the V90 wagon for 2017 as a companion to the 2017 Volvo S90 flagship sedan.
    Jackie Charniga, USA Today, 8 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The couple recently came under much media scrutiny when Abby and her conjoined twin sister, Brittany, both 35, were spotted carrying a newborn baby while running errands last month.
    Toria Sheffield, PEOPLE, 7 Sep. 2025
  • The powerful currents of flash floods can carry drivers off the road.
    CA Weather Bot, Sacbee.com, 7 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Under pressure throughout the final set, Sabalenka just about hauled herself over the line, an ace setting up match point.
    Charlie Eccleshare, New York Times, 5 Sep. 2025
  • There’s been a lot of dirt piled up and hauled out.
    Eric Adler, Kansas City Star, 4 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Abrego was brought back in June to face criminal charges of transporting migrants living in the United States illegally.
    Ted Hesson, USA Today, 7 Sep. 2025
  • One man was pronounced dead at the scene, while two of the five injured were transported to hospitals by helicopter and are listed in critical condition, the station reported.
    Adeola Adeosun, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Some protesters forced their way into the parliament complex by breaking through a barricade, a local official said, setting fire to an ambulance, hurling objects at riot police, and ferrying the injured to the hospital on motorcycles.
    Gopal Sharma, USA Today, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Once Kelley starts visiting Göring’s wife and daughter, getting cozy, teaching Göring’s cute kiddo magic kids, and ferrying messages back and forth to boot, things get really sticky.
    Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 8 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • This powder comes in a few delicious flavors—unflavored, strawberry lemon, vanilla, and chocolate—and is packed with vitamin C, which can support collagen synthesis to further boost effectiveness, according to Fazio.
    Brianna Peters, Vogue, 6 Sep. 2025
  • But outgoing Milwaukee Symphony Music Director Ken-David Masur has packed his concluding season here with major choral works to show off the Milwaukee Symphony Chorus in its 50th year.
    Jim Higgins, jsonline.com, 5 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The West Virginia native became the face of female boxing in the mid-1990s, covering Sports Illustrated and helping to bring attention and legitimacy to the sport.
    Esther Zuckerman, Time, 6 Sep. 2025
  • The Chiefs brought a lot of blitzes.
    Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 6 Sep. 2025

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“Cart.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cart. Accessed 12 Sep. 2025.

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