toted

verb

past tense of tote
as in carried
to support and take from one place to another toted his dog from the muddy backyard to the bathtub for a thorough washing

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Recent Examples of toted Meanwhile, officers with the campus and local police department, armed with a search warrant tied to hazing allegations, stoically toted out bags and cases of evidence and loaded it into police cars. — Natasha Holt, FOXNews.com, 1 Nov. 2026 Johnson toted a green glass water bottle and her phone as the pair made their way through a parking lot, with Kelly carrying a brown paper bag. — Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 25 Oct. 2026 Bryant also toted a Pink brand purse and added a shimmering silver belt with a bevy of Pink dog charms. — Julia Teti, Footwear News, 19 Oct. 2026 The nominal payload to be toted around the Red Planet will be identical for all three helicopters, consisting of five instruments, plus engineering navigation cameras. — Leonard David, Space.com, 15 Oct. 2026 By the time the girls were toddlers, they were being toted to tennis lessons, then to Sochi for better coaching, then to France for academy training. — Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 6 June 2026 Holding her clutch in one hand, Gellar also toted a cutout of Samara Weaving's face on a stick so her co-star, who couldn't make the red carpet, would still be included in photos at the event. — Chanel Vargas, InStyle, 14 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for toted
  1. carried
  2. hauled
  3. ferried
  4. transported
  5. brought
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  • Sánchez has pledged an investigation and improvements to restore trust in the rail system that last year carried 45 million travelers, including millions of tourists.
    — Francisco Seco, Los Angeles Times, 11 Nov. 2026
  • The rockets are carried in launch pods, with six rounds in a HIMARS pod and 12 across the two pods carried by an M270 launcher.
    — Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 11 Nov. 2026
Definition of carried
Verb
  • Amid dealing with a custody battle that cut time with her two small boys down to alternating weeks, says Butler, her friends hauled her camping on the backside of Pikes Peak in central Colorado and introduced her to target shooting during the trip.
    — Heide Brandes, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 Oct. 2026
  • All of that material is currently hauled elsewhere for disposal, including round trips of about 200 miles to other biomass facilities.
    — Nicole Buss, Sacbee.com, 21 Oct. 2026
Definition of hauled
Verb
  • The first few days of Riyadh Season have gone ahead with little incident, even if participants were forced to divert to other cities or even neighboring Bahrain or Kuwait before being ferried back to the Saudi capital.
    — Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 28 Oct. 2026
  • Treasury said Caspian had transported IRGC personnel and weapons to Syria and said Meraj had ferried illicit cargo, including weapons, to the Syrian government.
    — Efrat Lachter, FOXNews.com, 2 Oct. 2026
Definition of ferried
Verb
  • Holly Springs Fire Chief LeRoy Smith said seven people were transported to a hospital with major injuries and 15 others sustained minor injuries.
    — News Editor, CBS News, 8 Nov. 2026
  • Wuensch was transported by ambulance to Windham Hospital, where he was later pronounced dead, according to state police.
    — Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 7 Nov. 2026
Definition of transported
Verb
  • In the litigation brought by the Iranian immigrant advocacy group, at least a dozen Iranian detainees have said they’ve been contacted by Iranian officials who had knowledge of sensitive information on their asylum claims.
    — Safiyah Riddle, Los Angeles Times, 9 Nov. 2026
  • Rookie Camden Brown brought it out three times and didn’t have any mishaps.
    — Nick Harris, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 9 Nov. 2026
Definition of brought

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“Toted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/toted. Accessed 14 Nov. 2026.

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