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
But overall, payload specialists received less training than full-time astronauts.
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Emma Gometz, Scientific American, 20 Mar. 2026
Enter private companies As early as 2006, NASA began contracting with SpaceX to launch its payloads and astronauts to the International Space Station.
—Michael Carrafiello, The Conversation, 16 Mar. 2026
This test flight also delivered a demonstrator payload for @LockheedMartin.
—Josh Dinner, Space.com, 12 Mar. 2026
Who’s casually driving around Marietta Square with that kind of payload?
—Aj Willingham, AJC.com, 10 Mar. 2026
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Emma Gometz, Scientific American, 20 Mar. 2026
Enter private companies As early as 2006, NASA began contracting with SpaceX to launch its payloads and astronauts to the International Space Station.
—Michael Carrafiello, The Conversation, 16 Mar. 2026
This test flight also delivered a demonstrator payload for @LockheedMartin.
—Josh Dinner, Space.com, 12 Mar. 2026
Who’s casually driving around Marietta Square with that kind of payload?
—Aj Willingham, AJC.com, 10 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for payload
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As the vehicle sat stalled, Davin Smith drove a maroon Honda CRV into the back of it, causing both the Honda and the cargo in the big rig to catch fire.—
Rick Hurd,
Mercury News,
10 Apr. 2026
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This included troubleshooting the capsule’s space toilet (multiple times), piloting the spacecraft by hand, and testing procedures such as sheltering from solar radiation in the cargo locker.—
Noah Haggerty,
Los Angeles Times,
10 Apr. 2026
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If too many load-bearing cards are taken away, the tower crumbles and the overall transportation quality tanks, Goodwin said.—
Chase Hunter,
Mercury News,
8 Apr. 2026
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Once transported to the canyon, the modular components were assembled and put into place using one of the world’s largest cable cranes (cranes that move loads while suspended on cables), which spanned the gorge between the two towers.—
Aman Kumar,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
8 Apr. 2026
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Two loading docks that previously housed trash dumpsters for the older building have been reclaimed as a visualization lab and a robotics lab.—
Edward Keegan,
Chicago Tribune,
5 Apr. 2026
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Russia’s key Baltic port of Ust-Luga resumed crude loading after days of disruptions amid multiple Ukrainian drone attacks in the region.—
Bloomberg,
Fortune,
5 Apr. 2026
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While the federal government made modest contributions to the project under the Obama and Biden administrations, the financial burden fell chiefly on California, and when construction started, the state didn't have the financing to complete the full route.—
Jon Wertheim,
CBS News,
5 Apr. 2026
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Reservists have significantly borne the burden of Israel’s multi-front war - in Gaza, Lebanon, Syria and now Iran - many serving multiple call-ups amounting to hundreds of days in the past two and a half years.—
Tal Shalev,
CNN Money,
5 Apr. 2026
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“Payload.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/payload. Accessed 12 Apr. 2026.
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