as in cargo
a mass or quantity of something taken up and carried, conveyed, or transported
the space shuttle can carry a maximum payload of approximately 50,000 pounds
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Recent Examples of payload
In the first five minutes of the flight, the Atlas V jettisoned its five boosters, payload fairing, and kerosene-fueled first stage.
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Alex Goy, ArsTechnica, 29 Apr. 2025
Their mission will include extravehicular activities, or spacewalks, and outreach events, as well as conducting a range of science experiments and installing and retrieving science payloads outside Tiangong.
—Andrew Jones, Space.com, 28 Apr. 2025
Blue Ghost is designed to deliver 10 NASA payloads.
—Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 25 Apr. 2025
While in space, the astronauts will conduct science and application experiments, install a space debris protection device, as well as extravehicular payload and equipment, and perform recovery tasks, according to the agency.
—Sophia Saifi, CNN Money, 24 Apr. 2025
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Alex Goy, ArsTechnica, 29 Apr. 2025
Their mission will include extravehicular activities, or spacewalks, and outreach events, as well as conducting a range of science experiments and installing and retrieving science payloads outside Tiangong.
—Andrew Jones, Space.com, 28 Apr. 2025
Blue Ghost is designed to deliver 10 NASA payloads.
—Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 25 Apr. 2025
While in space, the astronauts will conduct science and application experiments, install a space debris protection device, as well as extravehicular payload and equipment, and perform recovery tasks, according to the agency.
—Sophia Saifi, CNN Money, 24 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for payload
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Yamasa spun off its gambling device business in 2020 and today focuses its core enterprise on plane and cargo ship leasing, solar farms, and the American rental market.—
Jaime Moore-Carrillo,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
12 May 2025
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Unfortunately, the Planetary Alliance gang insist on treating Murderbot like one of the team, inviting it to ride in their transport vehicle (instead of the cargo bay, where SecUnits usually travel) and giving it a crew uniform to wear when its armor is damaged.—
Kristen Baldwin,
EW.com,
12 May 2025
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Being at an all-inclusive resort helped ease my mental load, which often becomes overwhelming.—
Elizabeth Ayoola,
Essence,
16 May 2025
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In Singapore, a skyscraper adapts to monsoon winds, shifting the HVAC load to avoid structural strain.—
Dan Drogman,
Forbes.com,
16 May 2025
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The Naugatuck train station is a small plexiglass box with a single bench, a lone dot in the expanse of the concrete parking lot, just across from the loading dock of a post office.—
Ginny Monk,
Hartford Courant,
10 May 2025
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There’s a small receiving room for customers to pick up or drop off bottles and a loading dock for the larger orders.—
Robert Channick,
Chicago Tribune,
10 May 2025
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Benson is opposed to adding new burdens to the front end of registration for millions of voters.—
Miles Parks,
NPR,
17 May 2025
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Now, with the Blue Jays’ lineup averaging 5.15 runs per game in May, the burden on their rotation should be lighter.—
Mitch Bannon,
New York Times,
16 May 2025
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“Payload.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/payload. Accessed 20 May. 2025.
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