as in carrying
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 carting
So that was wonderful and the next minute the woman, waitress, air hostess, was carting grog down to the Warlps who decided to bring out the boomerangs and there was loud singing of love, then of country, then unfettered crying for Yuendumu, all in Warlpiri, and the grog kept flowing.
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Literary Hub, 22 Oct. 2025
Freight traffic stopped in the 1990s and was temporarily replaced by tourist trains carting passengers to the Indiana State Fair.
—Jordan Smith, IndyStar, 22 Oct. 2025
And for the drivers themselves, carting cargo on America’s highways has been an engine of class mobility—a flexible vocation offering decent pay without the prerequisite of a college education or the daunting prospect of an office-based 9-to-5.
—Hugh Cameron, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 Oct. 2025
Most will never go farther off road than carting beer to a rec league softball game, but some owners want more.
—Mark Phelan, USA Today, 3 Sep. 2025
Weary of carting your gear through the airport?
—Lara Kramer, AFAR Media, 29 Aug. 2025
Literary Hub, 22 Oct. 2025
Freight traffic stopped in the 1990s and was temporarily replaced by tourist trains carting passengers to the Indiana State Fair.
—Jordan Smith, IndyStar, 22 Oct. 2025
And for the drivers themselves, carting cargo on America’s highways has been an engine of class mobility—a flexible vocation offering decent pay without the prerequisite of a college education or the daunting prospect of an office-based 9-to-5.
—Hugh Cameron, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 Oct. 2025
Most will never go farther off road than carting beer to a rec league softball game, but some owners want more.
—Mark Phelan, USA Today, 3 Sep. 2025
Weary of carting your gear through the airport?
—Lara Kramer, AFAR Media, 29 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for carting
Verb
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Major retailers started carrying blue Halloween buckets, including Amazon, Walmart and Target.—
Ingrid Vasquez,
PEOPLE,
31 Oct. 2025
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The result is a canvas capable of carrying emotional depth, material beauty, and archival quality, allowing works like Mourad’s to be both contemporary and timeless.—
Angela Velasquez,
Sourcing Journal,
30 Oct. 2025
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One of three monkeys that escaped after a truck hauling 21 of the animals from Tulane University in New Orleans flipped on a Mississippi interstate has been found, according to authorities.—
Greg Wehner,
FOXNews.com,
2 Nov. 2025
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Nip that sentiment in the bud by taking them out the following August for a few days of hauling fertilizer, picking rocks, wrestling farm implements, and driving tractors over unseen wasp nests.—
The Editors,
Outdoor Life,
30 Oct. 2025
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The ordinance would prevent a landlord from charging a tenant a separate fee for ferrying trash to its pickup point.—
Phillip Molnar,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
29 Oct. 2025
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One of the camp counselors was operating the boat ferrying a group of kids to a swimming activity, but the complaint alleged that the counselor was unaware of how many children were on the boat and in the water.—
David Chiu,
PEOPLE,
27 Oct. 2025
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But beyond holding detainees, the sheriff's office doesn't assist ICE in transporting people to new holding locations or airports for deportation.—
Noe Padilla,
IndyStar,
31 Oct. 2025
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Mississippi authorities have not disclosed the company involved in transporting the monkeys, where the monkeys were headed or who owns them.—
Eva Roytburg,
Fortune,
31 Oct. 2025
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“Carting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/carting. Accessed 6 Nov. 2025.
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