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ladings

noun

plural of lading

as in payloads

a mass or quantity of something taken up and carried, conveyed, or transported a bill of lading is a document issued by a carrier that lists goods being shipped and specifies the terms of their transport

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Its Lift drone is designed to carry payloads while keeping operating costs below competing systems.

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 7 Aug. 2026
Using just a Pixel 9 and a Pixel 10, Project Zero was able to exploit a bug in a Dolby Audio codec to deliver payloads to the Pixel 9.

— Justyn Newman, PC Magazine, 7 Aug. 2026

Definition of payloads

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The type of helicopter that crashed can carry heavy loads and is commonly used in firefighting operations, with the ability to carry a more than 2,000-gallon tank.

— Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 8 Aug. 2026
When temperatures exceed 110°F, passenger planes must consider lightening their loads.

— John Vaillant, Time, 8 Aug. 2026

Definition of loads

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The promise of ever-lower compliance burdens, favorable labor requirements, negligible tax burdens all combined to push shippers into a race to the lowest cost.

— Craig Hooper, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026
This model has effectively shifted some of the burdens of lower-wage gig work from taxpayers to users.

— Jacob Lederman, The Conversation, 7 Aug. 2026

Definition of burdens

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Aramco had resumed crude oil loadings on Friday at its Ras Tanura terminal in the Gulf after they were halted for nearly four months.

— CNN Money, CNN Money, 28 June 2026
As Fed chair, Greenspan relished poring over obscure economic data, from monthly boxcar loadings to steel production, all in a bid to assess where the economy was going.

— Paul Wiseman, Fortune, 22 June 2026

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