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as in exchange
a giving or taking of one thing of value in return for another
in medieval Europe, furs and forest products from the north were sold in truck for luxury products from the south
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as in garbage
discarded or useless material
filled a dozen large garbage bags with all the truck we collected when we cleaned the place out
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Recent Examples of truck
Then on July 2, police said another armored truck robbery involving Brink's occurred outside a Dollar General in the Holmesburg Shopping Center in northeast Philadelphia, NBC Philadelphia reported.
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Thao Nguyen, USA Today, 14 Aug. 2025
Rivian completely changed the game with the R1S electric SUV and R1T electric pickup truck nameplates.
—Charles Singh, USA Today, 4 Aug. 2025
Back for a fifth year is Paccar Inc., which builds heavy trucks (Kenworth and Peterbilt).
—John Dorfman, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2025
Construction – Projects that will require large trucks, tractors, or other heavy equipment should be mentioned politely.
—Patricia Shannon, Southern Living, 4 Aug. 2025
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Thao Nguyen, USA Today, 14 Aug. 2025
Rivian completely changed the game with the R1S electric SUV and R1T electric pickup truck nameplates.
—Charles Singh, USA Today, 4 Aug. 2025
Back for a fifth year is Paccar Inc., which builds heavy trucks (Kenworth and Peterbilt).
—John Dorfman, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2025
Construction – Projects that will require large trucks, tractors, or other heavy equipment should be mentioned politely.
—Patricia Shannon, Southern Living, 4 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for truck
Noun
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Between March 2022 and Wei’s arrest in August 2023, the spy allegedly paid Wei thousands of dollars in exchange for photographs and videos of the Essex, information about the location of various Navy ships and details about the Essex’s defensive weapons, according to prosecutors.—
Alex Riggins,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
13 Aug. 2025
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Tech export controls Technology export controls have been top of the agenda in bilateral talks, as Trump struck a deal with Nvidia and AMD to share part of their revenue from sales to China in exchange for permissions to sell to the country.—
Anniek Bao,
CNBC,
12 Aug. 2025
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New York City has already begun working with neighborhood groups and activating organizations who sign up to be notified before a big rain to clean debris like falling leaves and garbage from the sewer drains in their community.—
Amy Chester,
New York Daily News,
6 Aug. 2025
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Check garbage collection schedules in Ohio Ohio's bigger cities won't see garbage trucks on Labor Day.—
Mariyam Muhammad,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
4 Aug. 2025
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President Donald Trump just enacted a new wave of tariffs on dozens of America’s trading partners, marking a substantial escalation in ongoing trade tensions that could constitute the biggest change to the global economy in nearly a century.—
Elisabeth Buchwald,
CNN Money,
7 Aug. 2025
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Other notable happenings in the Physical AI space include: In the midst of U.S. sanctions and a trade war, the Chinese government is investing heavily in creating an invention ecosystem around physical AI.—
Sabbir Rangwala,
Forbes.com,
7 Aug. 2025
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On the morning of Aug. 13, a three-person city crew equipped with a skid steer, a dump truck, shovels and rakes was making its way up North 19th Street, picking up pile after pile of debris sitting outside homes.—
Alison Dirr,
jsonline.com,
13 Aug. 2025
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That said, while a bit of debris escaped after powering down, the vacuum still delivered from start to finish.—
Toni Sutton,
People.com,
13 Aug. 2025
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Pei-Pei and her mom (Rosalind Chao and Lucille Soong, respectively), the Chinese restaurant owners who caused the 2003 body swap, make a cameo at Anna’s bachelorette party.—
Angie Martoccio,
Rolling Stone,
7 Aug. 2025
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The swap is worth some $3 billion, according to the Wall Street Journal.—
Andrew Nusca,
Fortune,
6 Aug. 2025
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The property was littered with garbage during visits this week, with food waste piled around trash bins rotting in the heat.—
Michael Cuglietta,
The Orlando Sentinel,
15 Aug. 2025
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Help came in the form of a shy, 15-year-old named Justin Vannelli who, on the third day of her entombment, was picking up trash along the interstate.—
Miami Herald Archives,
Miami Herald,
15 Aug. 2025
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Very quickly, Gilman became a matchmaker of necessities, contacting people in construction, plumbing, junk removal and more.—
Natalie Eilbert,
jsonline.com,
15 Aug. 2025
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After that, Seattle sent the ordinance to the junk yard.—
The Editorial Board,
Oc Register,
7 Aug. 2025
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The new law also applies to vehicles used to transport garbage, rubbish, trash or debris.—
Mary Murphy,
Twin Cities,
30 July 2025
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When the house was done being used, ancient people cut a hole through the floor and dug the pit, then filled it with domestic rubbish.—
Irene Wright,
Miami Herald,
9 June 2025
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“Truck.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/truck. Accessed 22 Aug. 2025.
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