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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
The cost is $60 per person and includes green fee, a cart, prizes and dinner. Post-Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 16 May 2025 Leora, who lives near USC and declined to share her last name out of privacy concerns, exited the store with a cart overflowing with toilet paper, paper towels and food items. Malia Mendez, Los Angeles Times, 15 May 2025
Verb
The game was delayed for 11 minutes while he was gently placed on a stretcher and carted off the field. Nicholas Creel, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Apr. 2025 As medics cart out Bobby’s zipped up body bag, his captain’s helmet was left behind. Jennifer Maas, Variety, 18 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for cart
Recent Examples of Synonyms for cart
Noun
  • According to the department, the wagon was located far away from the main road in middle of a field.
    David Chiu, People.com, 23 May 2025
  • Also included in the parade will be 34 horses, two mules, one wagon and a dog.
    Anne Flaherty, ABC News, 22 May 2025
Verb
  • In 1914, thieves managed to dislodge one of the bronze children and carry it 150 feet before abandoning the 300-pound figure.
    Michael Wells, Kansas City Star, 18 May 2025
  • The unfortunate truth is that blueberries can carry all sorts of unwanted guests, from dirt and debris, tiny bugs like aphids or fruit flies, pesticide residue, bacteria like E. coli, Salmonella, or Listeria, mold spores, and even parasites.
    Katie Rosenhouse, Southern Living, 18 May 2025
Verb
  • Built to haul small satellites to orbit, the rocket stands 82 feet (25 meters) tall and has an unusual design for a modern launcher, with three stages, each powered by hybrid engines burning a proprietary solid fuel mixed with a liquid oxidizer.
    ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 14 May 2025
  • They are not designed to haul lumber or other types of recreational equipment and may not be secure enough.
    BestReviews, Chicago Tribune, 14 May 2025
Verb
  • The airport may also be an attractive feature for the critical minerals’ economy, especially if processing plants are set up and refined metal products are to be transported.
    Saleem H. Ali, Forbes.com, 18 May 2025
  • Having then been transported to the hospital, he was later pronounced deceased.
    Escher Walcott, People.com, 17 May 2025
Verb
  • Can hospital patients and the elderly be efficiently ferried to the bunkers that have been built specially for them?
    Jessi Jezewska Stevens, The Dial, 24 Apr. 2025
  • In due course, he was cast as an urchin in a movie about Charles Dickens, and soon a black Bentley was ferrying him to the set.
    Molly Fischer, New Yorker, 5 May 2025
Verb
  • Best Early Wayfair Memorial Day Furniture Sales Of course, Wayfair is also packed with deals on indoor furniture, including end tables under $60 and coffee tables with storage for a whopping 78% off.
    Bridget Degnan, Better Homes & Gardens, 17 May 2025
  • The Croisette is often packed with tourists hoping to catch a glimpse of Hollywood stars, as well as studio executives, sales agents and journalists hustling from one meeting to another.
    Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 17 May 2025
Verb
  • That’s when Trump called for an aide to bring to him a stack of articles about violent attacks on white farmers and dim the lights to bring the room’s attention to a large flat screen TV set up along a wall of the Oval Office.
    Brian Bennett, Time, 22 May 2025
  • Preliminary purchasing managers’ index data will be released for France and the U.K. CNBC will also be bringing you interviews from the Barclays leadership conference, focusing on energy, geopolitics and sector-specific challenges.
    Holly Ellyatt, CNBC, 22 May 2025

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“Cart.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cart. Accessed 29 May. 2025.

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