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
Spencer says seven truckloads of items were donated, completely exceeding his expectations.
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Erika Stanish, CBS News, 23 Mar. 2026
Accepting short-term financial pain as the cost of technological progress might be easy for tech titans with truckloads of money.
—Lila Shroff, The Atlantic, 12 Mar. 2026
The city now sends out three 20-ton truckloads of cake a day to be loaded onto trains destined for Ohio.
—Alex Kuffner, The Providence Journal, 3 Mar. 2026
Citing a recently growing problem, legislators said that out-of-state residents have been driving truckloads of bottles to Connecticut in order to make money from the deposits of 10 cents.
—Christopher Keating, Hartford Courant, 26 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
Order thousands of truckloads of mafia-payoff concrete.
—Arkansas Online, 9 Feb. 2026
Union Pacific Railroad removed more than 33 tons of debris and hazardous waste, totaling 11 truckloads, according to the release.
—Summer Lin, Los Angeles Times, 6 Feb. 2026
To fill the first module, the DUNE cryogenics team is preparing to receive roughly 1,000 truckloads of liquid argon over a period of about a year.
—Chris Young, Interesting Engineering, 4 Feb. 2026
Erika Stanish, CBS News, 23 Mar. 2026
Accepting short-term financial pain as the cost of technological progress might be easy for tech titans with truckloads of money.
—Lila Shroff, The Atlantic, 12 Mar. 2026
The city now sends out three 20-ton truckloads of cake a day to be loaded onto trains destined for Ohio.
—Alex Kuffner, The Providence Journal, 3 Mar. 2026
Citing a recently growing problem, legislators said that out-of-state residents have been driving truckloads of bottles to Connecticut in order to make money from the deposits of 10 cents.
—Christopher Keating, Hartford Courant, 26 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
Order thousands of truckloads of mafia-payoff concrete.
—Arkansas Online, 9 Feb. 2026
Union Pacific Railroad removed more than 33 tons of debris and hazardous waste, totaling 11 truckloads, according to the release.
—Summer Lin, Los Angeles Times, 6 Feb. 2026
To fill the first module, the DUNE cryogenics team is preparing to receive roughly 1,000 truckloads of liquid argon over a period of about a year.
—Chris Young, Interesting Engineering, 4 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for truckloads
Noun
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These can be made to adapt to various movements (for example, lifting very heavy loads).—
Srishti Gupta,
Interesting Engineering,
24 Mar. 2026
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The elevator to it is fortified for heavy loads.—
Graham Womack,
Sacbee.com,
23 Mar. 2026
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The animal, which weighs several tons, cannot actively be pulled back into deeper water because it could be seriously injured in the process, experts said.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
24 Mar. 2026
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The group delivered about 20 tons of humanitarian aid to the island last week.—
Rena Rowe,
The Washington Examiner,
24 Mar. 2026
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Sirens alerted people to seek shelter in and around Tel Aviv, Jerusalem, Beer Sheba and areas near the country’s main nuclear research center, which were targeted by Iranian strikes that injured dozens last weekend.—
Farnoush Amiri,
Chicago Tribune,
28 Mar. 2026
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In Israel, loud explosions filled the air in Tel Aviv and emergency crews responded to nearly a dozen impact sites.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
28 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Sale hadn’t slowed a bit, looking like his prime self despite piles of injuries and the reality that few in their late 30s maintain high-level performance.—
Gabriel Burns,
AJC.com,
28 Mar. 2026
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State police later searched the area near the steel bridge and found among the piles of wood chips an envelope bearing the victim’s name, pieces of bone and tissue, a human fingernail and crowns to the victim’s teeth, prosecutors said.—
Edmund H. Mahony,
Hartford Courant,
27 Mar. 2026
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Since then, space access has become less of a contest, with hundreds of countries working together, said Geoff Notkin, former president of the National Space Society, a space advocacy nonprofit.—
Sarah D. Wire,
USA Today,
23 Mar. 2026
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Meanwhile, Hezbollah has fired hundreds of rockets into Israel.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
23 Mar. 2026
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The grains of purple cornmeal are larger than those of the wheat flours and are intermixed with white‑blue pebbles and chunks of broken obsidian.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
25 Mar. 2026
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The frittata caprese resembled a flat, open-faced omelet with chunks of buffalo mozzarella, roasted tomato, and basil leaves strewn throughout.—
Alaina Chou,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
24 Mar. 2026
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Ultra and Miami officials recommend public transportation because lots tend to fill.—
Howard Cohen,
Miami Herald,
26 Mar. 2026
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Winter Park’s comprehensive plan, however, prohibits splitting lakefront lots and getting such a plan approved requires an amendment to the city code.—
Camila Gomez,
The Orlando Sentinel,
25 Mar. 2026
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For Ukraine, the technology could have particular value in artillery operations, where large quantities of ammunition must be transported and loaded repeatedly under combat conditions.—
Kaif Shaikh,
Interesting Engineering,
24 Mar. 2026
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Chatbots such as ChatGPT are large language models that were trained on vast quantities of text, images and videos from the internet.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
24 Mar. 2026
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“Truckloads.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/truckloads. Accessed 30 Mar. 2026.
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