FREIGHTING Synonyms: 38 Similar and Opposite Words

freighting

verb

present participle of freight

as in loading

to place a weight or burden on it took six hours to freight the cargo airplane

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Recent Examples of freighting By 2011, Delicias Import was freighting at least four full containers. — Paula De La Cruz, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026 As Arizona squeezes more money from its decreasing share of river water, freighting every drop with critical industries and a booming housing market, the price of water is bound to keep climbing. — Austin Corona, AZCentral.com, 6 Nov. 2025

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And his big-game jitters were reflected in the first inning of what was eventually a 1-0 loss, when his shaky command led to him loading the bases with two outs.

— Jesús Cano, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2026
Now, Stanford was loading the box most of Friday night in an attempt to eliminate the run game.

— Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 7 Sep. 2026

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Local rinks are filling back up, the Sabres’ rookie camp opens in just over a week and in roughly two weeks the team’s veterans will begin training camp for the 2026-27 season.

— Matthew Fairburn, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026
Magazines and newspapers have spent much of the past few years filling column inches with concerns about the manhood of young Americans.

— T. M. Brown, New Yorker, 8 Sep. 2026

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