truckloads

noun

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 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 In a previous statement, Lineage estimated there were about 5,000 truckloads of rotting food to be removed from inside. — Los Angeles Times, 2 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 This is equivalent to around 750,000 truckloads of material. — Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 19 June 2026 Construction required contouring the property and importing 120 truckloads of fill dirt just to create a building pad. — Nicole Sours Larson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 June 2026 Sand was delivered in eight truckloads on Wednesday, and then spread across the arena floor to build a sand court that is suitable for the world’s best beach volleyball players. — Jason Stromberg, Sun Sentinel, 11 June 2026 But each season nowadays truckloads of live waterdogs are brought to the Arizona-California border area and sold in bait shops. — Byron W. Dalrymple, Outdoor Life, 4 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for truckloads
  1. loads
  2. tons
  3. dozens
  4. piles
  5. hundreds
  6. chunks
  7. lots
  8. quantities
Noun
  • Transformers require specialized vehicles and heavy-duty trailers capable of carrying oversized loads.
    — Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 18 July 2026
  • Flawless routines and loads of amenities were once seen as the ultimate pillars of hospitality.
    — Rachel Chang, Travel + Leisure, 17 July 2026
Definition of loads
Noun
  • The largest, the Koda Suite (named for Leo’s dog), which was once occupied by the Daunt family, is a terrific family option, with two rooms, two bathrooms, tons of space, and its own private pool entrance.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 15 July 2026
  • Over several decades, hundreds and hundreds of tons — hundreds of thousands of gallons — of acid waste from the pesticide DDT and even DDT itself were dumped into the ocean off the Palos Verdes Peninsula and near Catalina Island.
    — Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 15 July 2026
Definition of tons
Noun
  • There have been dozens since the Memorandum of Understanding was signed by Iran and the US in mid-June.
    — Brad Lendon, CNN Money, 17 July 2026
  • Starlink’s satellite internet has launched in around two dozen other African countries, but Musk has refused to follow South Africa’s affirmative action regulations.
    — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 16 July 2026
Definition of dozens
Noun
  • According to the press statement, the project is anchored by over 400,000 structural steel piles manufactured by PACO Steel, using 142,000 tons of steel coils from US Steel’s nearby Big River facility.
    — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 16 July 2026
  • On the night before a big operation, Uncle Rich reminisces with the crew about his first and only incarceration years earlier, for stealing piles of newspapers.
    — David Hajdu, The Atlantic, 16 July 2026
Definition of piles
Noun
  • In the heyday of the 1960s and ‘70s, the world’s oceans were sprinkled with hundreds of undersea habitats.
    — Alex Harris July 15, Miami Herald, 15 July 2026
  • The surge is coming right at the peak of the summer driving season, which could cost Americans hundreds of millions of dollars more compared with this time last year.
    — Mirtha Donastorg, AJC.com, 15 July 2026
Definition of hundreds
Noun
  • The Perseids are also famed for producing vivid green fireballs capable of briefly turning night to day as larger chunks of debris collide with Earth's atmosphere at speeds of up to 37 miles per second (59 kilometers per second).
    — Anthony Wood, Space.com, 17 July 2026
  • Then there are hospitality packages, which represent significant chunks of MetLife Stadium and sold for even higher prices.
    — Dan Sheldon, New York Times, 17 July 2026
Definition of chunks
Noun
  • Homeless encampments that serve as places for drug addicts to shoot up line several vacant and overgrown lots.
    — Sam Charles, Chicago Tribune, 13 July 2026
  • Workers in hard hats and mountains of dirt fill empty lots directly across from the new restaurants.
    — Michael Deeds, Idaho Statesman, 10 July 2026
Definition of lots
Noun
  • Production expands beyond laboratory scale The researchers have also made progress in manufacturing the material in larger quantities, an important step toward commercial deployment.
    — Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 14 July 2026
  • Copper is extracted in different areas with high mineral concentrations, which require enormous quantities of rock to be processed.
    — Cristina Dorador, The Dial, 14 July 2026
Definition of quantities

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“Truckloads.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/truckloads. Accessed 19 Jul. 2026.

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