Thesaurus results for TOTING

toting

verb

present participle of tote

as in carrying

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 toting The counters are monitored by camera-toting election observers. — Liam Stack, New York Times, 27 Oct. 2026 Silver Star does not ask Defendants to change their setlist, narrative, politics, choreography, or even their decision to put gun-toting performers on stage. — Daniel Kreps, Rolling Stone, 24 Oct. 2026 Bundled up in a coat, black gloves and toting an umbrella, Queen Camilla’s latest sentimental jewelry piece held dual meaning. — Julia Teti, Footwear News, 21 Oct. 2026 Jenkins straggled back to England and spent the next several years toting his ear around in a jar and telling that story. — Encyclopedia Britannica, 20 Oct. 2026 Making her Broadway debut, Louis-Dreyfus plays Polly Wyeth, a vodka-swilling, Goyard-toting, Republican matriarch—more Bush, less Boebert—married to Lyman (Harris), an action star turned right-wing pol. — Christopher Barnard, Vogue, 19 Oct. 2026 She was known for toting her poodle Cliquot around the house with her. — Megan Johnson, Architectural Digest, 14 Oct. 2026 Onscreen, this ethnic conflict allowed Ken-san and other kimonoed gangsters to be presented as pure, sincere, patriotic heroes fighting for traditional Japanese values against savage aliens as well as local, gun-toting yakuza. — Ian Buruma, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2026 With rain beginning to trickle down, men and women toting cameras of various technological advances and capabilities traveled from end zone to end zone working to get great shots — either for the team, a news outlet or for an individual athlete. — Mcclain Baxley For The Ajc, AJC.com, 12 Oct. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for toting

Verb

The development is part of China’s broader push to establish a low-altitude economy covering drones, cargo aircraft and passenger-carrying vehicles.

— Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 11 Nov. 2026
Competence doesn’t require carrying the entire arrangement yourself.

— Tarot.com, Hartford Courant, 10 Nov. 2026

Definition of carrying

Verb

Pitcher said crews are still hauling large boulders and rockfall more than a week later.

— Kelly Werthmann, CBS News, 11 Nov. 2026
Adapting to the shock of higher prices meant that Crippen, who was hauling merchandise for online retailer Amazon, pushes the limits on the federal rules regarding driving time to increase time behind the wheel and lift earnings.

— Kris B. Mamula, Chicago Tribune, 9 Nov. 2026

Definition of hauling

Verb

Some experts have questioned whether Russia can meet the schedule for diesel deliveries, in part because of the complexities of transporting the oil within Russia to its ports and thence to its destination.

— Business Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 2 Nov. 2026
Then the Iran war sent the prices of diesel and fertilizer soaring, which increased the costs of transporting beef and growing feed.

— The Week US, TheWeek, 2 Nov. 2026

Definition of transporting

Verb

The Hope spent much of its time ferrying sailors and the wounded from other ships or ports to military hospitals, and like the Comfort, it too was attacked multiple times, though each attack failed, usually just missing the ship.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 11 Nov. 2026
Serve’s pitch also extends to intra-office shuttles, repair shops ferrying parts, and peer-to-peer exchanges like Facebook Marketplace.

— Andrew J. Hawkins, The Verge, 11 Nov. 2026