as in ton
a considerable amount
it must have taken a shipload of money to build that mansion
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Recent Examples of shipload
The story goes that a German submarine sank a vessel carrying an uninsured shipload of his goods, putting an end to that trading venture.
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Clara Hernanz Lizarraga, Fortune Europe, 25 Apr. 2024
Charles Edward Trevelyan, a top treasury official, curtailed the government’s subsidized food distribution program, even at one point rejecting a shipload of corn.
—Richard Grant, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 Sep. 2023
In exchange for hundreds of Iranian drones and shiploads of ammunition, Russia has provided Iran with political support, cash, and Western technology captured on the Ukrainian battlefield.
—Eric Brewer, Foreign Affairs, 9 June 2023
Advertisement Jump to 2019, when a shipload of archaeologists, ice experts, engineers and masters of several other disciplines set out to find the Endurance.
—Dennis Drabelle, Washington Post, 3 Mar. 2023
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Clara Hernanz Lizarraga, Fortune Europe, 25 Apr. 2024
Charles Edward Trevelyan, a top treasury official, curtailed the government’s subsidized food distribution program, even at one point rejecting a shipload of corn.
—Richard Grant, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 Sep. 2023
In exchange for hundreds of Iranian drones and shiploads of ammunition, Russia has provided Iran with political support, cash, and Western technology captured on the Ukrainian battlefield.
—Eric Brewer, Foreign Affairs, 9 June 2023
Advertisement Jump to 2019, when a shipload of archaeologists, ice experts, engineers and masters of several other disciplines set out to find the Endurance.
—Dennis Drabelle, Washington Post, 3 Mar. 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for shipload
Noun
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In central Wyoming on Wednesday, the government will sell 440 million tons of coal next to NTEC’s Antelope Mine.—
Jordan Blum,
Fortune,
4 Oct. 2025
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In addition, 288 tons of green waste and other debris had been cleared from yards, washes and roads.—
Rey Covarrubias Jr,
AZCentral.com,
4 Oct. 2025
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This dual-purpose design requires exceptional stiffness, vibration control, and precision engineering, allowing heavy highway loads and high-speed rail traffic to share the same structure safely.—
Kaif Shaikh,
Interesting Engineering,
3 Oct. 2025
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Same question, loads of responses.—
Alec Lewis,
New York Times,
2 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Leslie Cheek’s formerly private estate opened as a public garden and fine art center in 1960 and today is host to nearly a dozen gardens surrounding the family’s Georgian mansion, which has become a museum.—
Austin Hornbostel,
Nashville Tennessean,
3 Oct. 2025
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For instance, in Washington state, dozens of public health workers could be affected by the shutdown.—
Jacqueline Howard,
CNN Money,
2 Oct. 2025
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While the feature films have been on hold since 2019's The Rise of Skywalker, Lucasfilm and Disney have pumped out a slew of TV shows featuring fan-favorite characters while also introducing plenty of new faves (looking at you, Grogu).—
Kevin Jacobsen,
Entertainment Weekly,
28 Sep. 2025
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The school and university employees who have filed suits are some of the dozens of workers across a slew of fields fired or suspended from their jobs or subject to other consequences for their controversial comments, according to a USA TODAY count of news reports and statements.—
Jeanine Santucci,
USA Today,
27 Sep. 2025
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On the software front, Amazon's baked in a bunch of AI features.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
1 Oct. 2025
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The paper is a new way of combining a bunch of ideas that are already out there, but the method hasn’t yet been proven at scale.—
Reed Albergotti,
semafor.com,
1 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Corley's franchise deal includes at least 10 locations in Kentucky.—
Amanda Hancock,
Louisville Courier Journal,
3 Oct. 2025
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Be sure to check back every week for the top deals from new stores.—
Craig Shoup,
Nashville Tennessean,
3 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Krepon said the quantity the footwear company allocates to the e-tail giant depends entirely on the SKU and the depth of the buy.—
Meghan Hall,
Sourcing Journal,
3 Oct. 2025
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Normally, large quantities of grapes, pomegranates, and apples are sent from Afghanistan to Pakistan, but payment systems had been disrupted, as well as communication.—
Hilary Whiteman,
CNN Money,
3 Oct. 2025
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It is reserved for two duck boats and vast piles of decoys.—
Worth Matthewson,
Outdoor Life,
2 Oct. 2025
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Then began the process of trimming the pile down to a fraction of its size.—
Larisha Paul,
Rolling Stone,
2 Oct. 2025
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“Shipload.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shipload. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.
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