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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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2
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
Amira El-Fekki, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Sep. 2025
The initial launch is planned for the Texas Triangle, a major freight corridor connecting Dallas, Houston, San Antonio and Austin.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 2 Sep. 2025
Daniel Miller, Los Angeles Times, 22 June 2025
The memories of Watts before 1965 that surface for him these days are rural, and freighted with ambivalence—memories of a time when Southernness, or the platitudinal idea of Southernness, started to fall out of style.
—Doreen St. Félix, New Yorker, 14 June 2025
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Noun
The Kars-Iğdır-Aralık-Dilucu line, being built by Kalyon İnşaat, will facilitate passenger and freight transport between the two countries.
—Amira El-Fekki, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Sep. 2025
The initial launch is planned for the Texas Triangle, a major freight corridor connecting Dallas, Houston, San Antonio and Austin.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 2 Sep. 2025
Verb
Kevan Harris, an associate professor of sociology at UCLA, said that any U.S. involvement in a military conflict with Iran is freighted with meaning, and has long been the subject of hand-wringing.
—Daniel Miller, Los Angeles Times, 22 June 2025
The memories of Watts before 1965 that surface for him these days are rural, and freighted with ambivalence—memories of a time when Southernness, or the platitudinal idea of Southernness, started to fall out of style.
—Doreen St. Félix, New Yorker, 14 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for freight
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Artemis cargo landers will deliver equipment to sites along the moon’s polar highlands, while crew members will complete daily sample retrieval runs.—
Andrew Paul,
Popular Science,
4 Sep. 2025
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They are most commonly used to transport people and cargo up steep inclines.—
Catherine Nicholls,
CNN Money,
4 Sep. 2025
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The Ewpjdk 4-Pack Garden Pruning Shears come with four pruning shears for the price of one and are versatile enough to take on all kinds of fall pruning tasks, like harvesting, clipping, deadheading, and cutting off the final fruits of the season, before winter comes.—
Stephanie Osmanski,
Better Homes & Gardens,
7 Sep. 2025
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How much is Powerball lottery ticket price tonight?—
Chris Sims,
IndyStar,
7 Sep. 2025
Verb
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In these long moments of waiting, the atmosphere is heavy and loaded.—
George Caulkin,
New York Times,
6 Sep. 2025
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Passengers can walk on, bring bicycles, or even load up cars and campers.—
David Nikel,
Forbes.com,
6 Sep. 2025
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This burden of additional responsibilities and emotional labor with less resources lead many women to feel helpless, leaving divorce as the only escape.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes.com,
6 Sep. 2025
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And if your thoughtful request isn’t well received, that’s not your burden.—
Mary Catherine McAnnally Scott,
Southern Living,
6 Sep. 2025
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Year-round book sales ended in 2025 due to stocking costs.—
Kait Hanson,
Southern Living,
7 Sep. 2025
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The jury saw extensive emails between Donna and Wendi that showed how Donna pushed Wendi to pursue relocation to South Florida at any cost, including offering her ex-husband $1 million and taunting him with the possibility of converting their kids from Judaism to Catholicism.—
Lauren del Valle,
CNN Money,
6 Sep. 2025
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Earlier this year, SpaceDOTs launched its first payload into orbit on a SpaceX rocket, marking the start of commercial data collection.—
Lisa Falco,
Forbes.com,
9 Sep. 2025
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Marketed as a low-cost cruise missile, Crossbow weighs about 750 kilograms (around 1,650 pounds), carries a 300-kilogram (660-pound) modular payload, and can fly more than 800 kilometers (500 miles) at high subsonic speeds.—
Kapil Kajal,
Interesting Engineering,
9 Sep. 2025
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All told, Norfolk Southern shelled out well north of $1 billion in settlements, fines, and other fees to clean up in and around East Palestine.—
Jeremy Lott,
The Washington Examiner,
5 Sep. 2025
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There’s hype because of her world-record £1million fee, of course.—
Megan Feringa,
New York Times,
4 Sep. 2025
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Beyond sports-specific performance metrics, biomechanics research has long shown that altering the properties of playing surfaces changes muscle stiffness, joint loading and range of motion.—
Michael Hales,
The Conversation,
9 Sep. 2025
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Free reMarkable mobile and desktop apps allow for loading in notes and documents needed for the coming work day.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
8 Sep. 2025
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“Freight.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/freight. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.
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