truckloads

plural of truckload
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 truckloads Two trailer truckloads of the famously creamy dark beer valued at 115,000 pounds ($155,000) were stolen from a depot near Liverpool in northwest England, the Cheshire Constabulary said Thursday. ABC News, 3 Sep. 2026 Tons of truckloads arrive at Texas grocers and restaurants, ready to be roasted and eaten in enchiladas, queso, tamales and even margaritas. Ella Gonzales, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 5 Aug. 2026 With gallons of sunscreen, truckloads of ice and innovative hot-weather treats like upside-down sundaes, day camps are keeping thousands of kids cool in Hotlanta’s record-breaking temperatures. Cassidy Alexander, AJC.com, 24 July 2026 According to Lineage officials, 521 truckloads of waste — more than 1,506 tons of waste — have already been removed from the warehouse, which housed about 85 million pounds of food, including Kirkland brand meat that fills Costco freezers. Los Angeles Times, 23 July 2026 Before the war, Gaza imported about five hundred truckloads of food and supplies each day, through multiple border crossings. David D. Kirkpatrick, New Yorker, 20 July 2026 First-Edition Novels and Coffee Table Books There are truckloads of wonderful stories lining the shelves of thrift stores just waiting to be read. Emma Taubenfeld, Martha Stewart, 4 July 2026 The pool is being cleaned twice annually, with 10 to 15 large truckloads of debris removed at each cleaning, the National Park Service reports. Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA Today, 23 June 2026 Each day, truckloads of prisoners were transported to farms and timber sites to chop cotton, cut wood and perform other chores to help stabilize the economy. Helaine Williams, Arkansas Online, 20 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for truckloads
Noun
  • The size and specialized nature of these loads can also create opportunities for carriers to take on new customers and routes.
    Kevin Williams, CNBC, 5 Sep. 2026
  • Faster speeds generally mean a compromise in quality, multi-color 3D printers often waste some filament, and higher volume loads usually demand more hardware.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 5 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • China’s grain output reached a record 715 million tons in 2025, while national plans call for increasing comprehensive grain production capacity to about 725 million tons by 2030.
    Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 9 Sep. 2026
  • But by the end of the season, Bowen Byram and Power were eating tons of minutes together and helping lead the Sabres to the best record in the Atlantic Division.
    Matthew Fairburn, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • Anthony Kwan / Getty Images file Legal concerns have led to the shutdown of dozens of civil society groups, including the alliance, which voted to disband in 2021.
    Jennifer Jett, NBC news, 11 Sep. 2026
  • Over 760,000 teenagers in dozens of countries took the Programme for International Student Assessment last year.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 10 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • Lining the approach to the gate, there was an embarrassment of new undergarments, towering piles of briefs and T-shirts.
    Devin Friedman, Rolling Stone, 11 Sep. 2026
  • When snow piles deep in the upper reaches, animals have no choice but to migrate down, since their food sources are covered with snow.
    Jim Zumbo, Outdoor Life, 10 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • Illinois is now tied with New Jersey for the highest property taxes in the nation, and raising commercial fair market values by hundreds of millions of dollars in a single year has told companies this is not a stable place to do business.
    Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 8 Sep. 2026
  • The company employs about 850 people, does hundreds of millions of dollars in infrastructure work around the Northeast, and is frequently Connecticut’s choice on big-ticket contracts to construct schools, rebuild highways or repair bridges.
    Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 8 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • Photos released by the center showed chunks of ceiling material, dust and debris scattered across the red carpet.
    Anthony Thompson, USA Today, 5 Sep. 2026
  • Sebalt said funding for plumbing, sewage and enough street light poles for others to move in was sourced in small chunks and much too slowly.
    ABC News, ABC News, 3 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • That would make the construction of small apartment or condo buildings less expensive, helping developers fill Chicago’s empty lots with units that are also affordable, said Ald.
    Brian J. Rogal, Chicago Tribune, 6 Sep. 2026
  • Though most of the actual artwork is completed by the end of the festival’s first day, Nelson says the rest of the festival still has lots to offer.
    Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 6 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • While scaling back orders, Cabasse applauded suppliers’ increasing flexibility to work with smaller quantities, name-checking Gratacós and Dutel Creation as two examples.
    Ellen Groves, Footwear News, 10 Sep. 2026
  • NeoteAI Another approach to scaling tactile data could be to piggyback on the vast quantities of visual robotics data already collected.
    IEEE Spectrum, IEEE Spectrum, 10 Sep. 2026

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