as in loads
a considerable amount
the guy who sent that e-mail is in for a truckload of misery
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Recent Examples of truckload
Bringing your whole selves to work means bringing a truckload of emotions.
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Catherine Mevs, New Yorker, 17 Feb. 2026
The appearance in northwest Georgia comes weeks after the FBI raided Fulton County’s elections center and seized truckloads of 2020 ballots, reigniting bitter political divides over the president’s attempt to undo his narrow defeat here six years ago.
—Greg Bluestein, AJC.com, 16 Feb. 2026
Shane Leistikow drove through the night, bringing a truckload of live fish to a canal in the heart of the Valley at dawn.
—Sarah Henry, AZCentral.com, 14 Feb. 2026
Order thousands of truckloads of mafia-payoff concrete.
—Arkansas Online, 9 Feb. 2026
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Catherine Mevs, New Yorker, 17 Feb. 2026
The appearance in northwest Georgia comes weeks after the FBI raided Fulton County’s elections center and seized truckloads of 2020 ballots, reigniting bitter political divides over the president’s attempt to undo his narrow defeat here six years ago.
—Greg Bluestein, AJC.com, 16 Feb. 2026
Shane Leistikow drove through the night, bringing a truckload of live fish to a canal in the heart of the Valley at dawn.
—Sarah Henry, AZCentral.com, 14 Feb. 2026
Order thousands of truckloads of mafia-payoff concrete.
—Arkansas Online, 9 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for truckload
Noun
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Because the engine can be controlled during flight, the system does not require the expensive thermal protection systems typically associated with extreme heat loads at hypersonic speeds.—
Sujita Sinha,
Interesting Engineering,
25 Feb. 2026
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Steyer has loads of his own money to spend on TV ads.—
George Skelton,
Mercury News,
25 Feb. 2026
Noun
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The second-floor gym has Peloton bikes and tons of natural light.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
27 Feb. 2026
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They’re also made with a grippy sole that provides a ton of traction across several kinds of terrain from airport floors to rainy city streets.—
Jasmine Gomez,
Travel + Leisure,
26 Feb. 2026
Noun
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If these scenes feel a bit didactic, hammering home everything from the shortage of nurses with SANE training to the dozens of regulations SANEs must follow to protect evidence, their lessons serve as a corrective for many of us who’ve absorbed decades’ worth of rape-as-entertainment.—
Judy Berman,
Time,
27 Feb. 2026
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Employees at one of these newer concepts, Nana’s Dim Sum & Dumplings, fold untold dozens in front of customers.—
Miguel Otárola,
Denver Post,
26 Feb. 2026
Noun
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More specialized services like Thai massage, Shiatsu massage, and a slew of wraps, facials, and scrubs are available too.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
26 Feb. 2026
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Five people were in custody and facing a slew of criminal charges Thursday following a pre-dawn police pursuit that wound through Ellis and Tarrant counties before ending in a crash of the suspects’ vehicle in Fort Worth, authorities said.—
Timia Cobb
Breaking News Reporter,
Dallas Morning News,
26 Feb. 2026
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The neighborhood/area There are four other new hotels on this block (and more to come), and Noelle is the most refined of the bunch.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
27 Feb. 2026
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What a bunch of hypocrites these people are.—
Emily Zemler,
Rolling Stone,
26 Feb. 2026
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After the snow, temps are expected to jump to around 40 degrees in the afternoon — which could help melt some of the pile up from the monster blizzard.—
Rick Sobey,
Boston Herald,
25 Feb. 2026
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Having a sleepover was the best way to spend a weekend, especially with a pile of brightly colored, probably-not-very-nutritious snacks.—
Kara Nesvig,
Parents,
24 Feb. 2026
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Costs have soared since the original project was conceived more than a decade ago, and a sizable chunk of the hotel tax funds is now being used instead for repairs.—
Lori Weisberg,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
25 Feb. 2026
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More than 200,000 Bay Staters remained in the dark Tuesday evening, with MEMA’s power outage map showing large chunks of Barnstable and Plymouth counties greatly affected.—
Lance Reynolds,
Boston Herald,
24 Feb. 2026
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Even the buildings, standing lot line to lot line, alley to street, tug at memories.—
Miami Herald Archives,
Miami Herald,
27 Feb. 2026
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The river fills sprinklers and faucets from Denver to San Diego and every other major southwest city, town, farm field, and feed lot in between, yet few realize how much their burgers and baths depend on this one drying river.—
Pete McBride,
Time,
27 Feb. 2026
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“Truckload.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/truckload. Accessed 2 Mar. 2026.
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