1
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
President Donald Trump signed an executive order Monday mandating that commercial truck drivers demonstrate English proficiency, building on his earlier move to designate English as the official language of the United States.
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Mohammed Soliman, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Apr. 2025
That's about as lightweight as truck campers get and is further aided along in this case by trading out the weight of the rear Wrangler cabin.
—New Atlas, 29 Apr. 2025
One county official told residents to consider removing the speed bumps along part of the truck route, so the trucks don’t have to brake and make a screeching sound.
—Dakota Smith, Los Angeles Times, 28 Apr. 2025
April 19: McVeigh parks the truck outside the federal building and flees on foot to his getaway car.
—Todd Pendleton, USA Today, 19 Apr. 2025
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Mohammed Soliman, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Apr. 2025
That's about as lightweight as truck campers get and is further aided along in this case by trading out the weight of the rear Wrangler cabin.
—New Atlas, 29 Apr. 2025
One county official told residents to consider removing the speed bumps along part of the truck route, so the trucks don’t have to brake and make a screeching sound.
—Dakota Smith, Los Angeles Times, 28 Apr. 2025
April 19: McVeigh parks the truck outside the federal building and flees on foot to his getaway car.
—Todd Pendleton, USA Today, 19 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for truck
Noun
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Crawford must have had other enemies, and so maybe one of them with massive financial resources approached Delia to kill him in exchange for ensuring that her family would be set for life.—
Sophie Brookover,
Vulture,
9 May 2025
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The multilateral deal, known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), won the backing of major powers, setting strict limits for Iranian nuclear activities in exchange for sanctions relief.—
Tom O'Connor,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 May 2025
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Items seized included a garbage bag that contained a women’s purse, wallet, identification cards for Worser, various cards and a garbage bag that contained a mixture of male and female clothing that were saturated in a red blood-like substance, the warrant affidavit said.—
Kellie Love,
Hartford Courant,
30 Apr. 2025
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Investigators found a baseball bat, a handsaw, blood, a garbage bag with clothing and another with Wormser’s purse, wallet, identification cards and other cards in the apartment, WVIT reported, citing the warrant.—
Theresa Braine,
New York Daily News,
28 Apr. 2025
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Ministers must urgently prioritise this as part of the trade negotiations currently underway.—
Andreas Wiseman,
Deadline,
5 May 2025
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The president has invoked the act on the theory that trade imbalances are a national emergency.—
Gene Maddaus,
Variety,
5 May 2025
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Inspectors cited the Mexican restaurant for food safety violations including noticeable debris accumulation on the shelf under the salsa bar.—
Veronica Fernandez-Alvarado,
Sacbee.com,
9 May 2025
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Remove all existing weeds, grass, and debris to reduce competition for nutrients and water.—
Debbie Wolfe,
Popular Science,
8 May 2025
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On Robust Earnings Reports—As Microsoft Reclaims Crown As World’s Largest Company Small-Ball Backfires In the wake of the Davis/Dončić swap, Jaxson Hayes and Christian Wood were the Lakers’ only remaining centers on standard contracts.—
Bryan Toporek,
Forbes.com,
1 May 2025
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Many EVs have more expensive purchase prices, but in states where gas prices are high and electricity is cheap, making the swap can save you thousands.—
Ben Kesslen,
Quartz,
27 Apr. 2025
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There’s even been a rare dose of reality-style drama, as when contestant Shuai Wang accidentally tossed teammate Henry Lu’s entire mise en place setup in the trash — removing all the pickles from a dish in a pickle-centric challenge and sending Henry to the bottom.—
Alison Herman,
Variety,
1 May 2025
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Tens of thousands of dollars in artwork may have ended up in the trash during a town hall renovation in the Netherlands.—
Lillian Ali,
Smithsonian Magazine,
30 Apr. 2025
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Raised in the United Kingdom, Tiller has made a career in two tracks: Studying respiratory medicine and debunking junk science.—
Rustin Dodd,
New York Times,
1 May 2025
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The European Space Agency estimates that there are approximately 130 million pieces of space junk from the over 6,800 successful rocket launches that have occurred since 1957.—
Eileen Falkenberg-Hull,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 May 2025
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Among the debris were bricks, tins of paint, stones, and other assorted rubbish.—
Arick Wierson,
MSNBC Newsweek,
15 Apr. 2025
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The effort has so far transformed more than 10 tons of flowers from would-be rubbish into fragrant souvenirs.—
Travel + Leisure Editors,
Travel + Leisure,
18 Mar. 2025
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“Truck.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/truck. Accessed 13 May. 2025.
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