1
as in cargo
a mass or quantity of something taken up and carried, conveyed, or transported
shipped a large freight of steel to the manufacturer
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as in price
the amount of money that is demanded as payment for something
it's all very well to suggest increased government services, but who will pay the freight for them?
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as in to load
to place a weight or burden on
it took six hours to freight the cargo airplane
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Recent Examples of freight
David Hudnall, Kansas City Star, 2 Oct. 2025
Harbaugh also surely knows that with as many as seven defensive starters sidelined, Orr’s group faces considerably more challenges in the weeks ahead — and the Ravens will probably need the offense to continue to carry the freight.
—Jeff Zrebiec, New York Times, 1 Oct. 2025
Arkansas Online, 14 Aug. 2025
Together’s cast and special effects department alone could make for a substantive horror classic, but the script is freighted with distracting cliches and errant plot developments.
—Madison Bloom, Pitchfork, 31 July 2025
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Noun
Then there are the freight elevators, broken from overloading.
—David Hudnall, Kansas City Star, 2 Oct. 2025
Harbaugh also surely knows that with as many as seven defensive starters sidelined, Orr’s group faces considerably more challenges in the weeks ahead — and the Ravens will probably need the offense to continue to carry the freight.
—Jeff Zrebiec, New York Times, 1 Oct. 2025
Verb
But not all dumb dumb culture is entirely disposable, and not all escapism needs to be freighted with meaning to justify its place.
—Arkansas Online, 14 Aug. 2025
Together’s cast and special effects department alone could make for a substantive horror classic, but the script is freighted with distracting cliches and errant plot developments.
—Madison Bloom, Pitchfork, 31 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for freight
Noun
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The challenge was a very physical obstacle course involving cargo nets, wide-step bridges, digging up ladders, opening rope gates and scaling ramps.—
Dalton Ross,
Entertainment Weekly,
2 Oct. 2025
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Some of this trade movement has also resulted in more cargo bound for East Coast ports.—
Sarah Jones,
Sourcing Journal,
2 Oct. 2025
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Supplies are limited, and at this price, codes won’t last long.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
4 Oct. 2025
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She's paid a very high price already.—
Romina Ruiz-Goiriena,
USA Today,
4 Oct. 2025
Verb
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There would be no replay of that 2022 failure, which featured the same inning (sixth), the same jam (bases loaded) and the same long walk (for John Schneider to pull Gausman).—
Mitch Bannon,
New York Times,
5 Oct. 2025
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During testing, Screambox titles loaded quickly.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
4 Oct. 2025
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That gave me strength because the work of trying to break through and communicate with my mom is really too heavy of a burden for me.—
Raven Brunner,
PEOPLE,
4 Oct. 2025
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Critics also argued that certain protections, like manual comment-hiding, place the burden on teens themselves rather than preventing harm upfront.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
4 Oct. 2025
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People would be wise to consider the ever-increasing cost of homes in the area before selling their property due to immigration enforcement fears, Gonzalez said.—
Juan Cordoba,
Arkansas Online,
5 Oct. 2025
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This is the cost of having been tortured in public.—
Romina Ruiz-Goiriena,
USA Today,
4 Oct. 2025
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To get things literally rolling, Interlune announced in August that the company's payload will fly on Astrolab's FLEX Lunar Innovation Platform (FLIP) rover.—
Leonard David,
Space.com,
30 Sep. 2025
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Lee also warned a North Korean intercontinental ballistic capable of delivering a nuclear payload to the United States is nearing completion.—
Micah McCartney,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 Sep. 2025
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CarMax recently listed two 2022 R1T Adventure electric pickup trucks for $51,998, before shipping and fees.—
Charles Singh,
Nashville Tennessean,
3 Oct. 2025
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As detailed in a House Fiscal Agency report, the increase in the fuel tax will trigger higher annual fees of $100 for EVs and $50 for plug-ins, Irwin said.—
Paul Egan,
Freep.com,
3 Oct. 2025
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The viewership benefits that the NFL’s front-loading has already provided can’t be overstated.—
Richard Deitsch,
New York Times,
29 Sep. 2025
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At one point, officials considered the concept of loading in gear by lifting it up and over the stadium rim.—
Brian McCollum,
Freep.com,
25 Sep. 2025
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“Freight.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/freight. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.
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