trucks

plural of truck
as in exchanges
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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Recent Examples of trucks And diesel fuel that powers the trucks delivering most groceries and department store goods to Connecticut hit an all-time high in late September. — Keith M. Phaneuf, Hartford Courant, 29 Oct. 2026 California’s Clean Truck and Bus Voucher Incentive Project offers point-of-sale discounts on zero-emission trucks and buses and has distributed $1 billion so far. — Los Angeles Times, 29 Oct. 2026 To bring vehicles from factory floors to dealerships, they get shipped on trucks, many of which run on diesel. — Willa Rubin, NPR, 29 Oct. 2026 And like those trucks and SUVs, the Escalade is large and heavy—just small enough to fit into a standard parking space, with a curb weight sufficient to push it into the Class 3 truck category. — Jonathan M. Gitlin, ArsTechnica, 28 Oct. 2026 Farmers typically have only enough capacity to hold the fresh milk until dairy trucks collect it and cannot store large quantities for extended periods. — Giada Zampano, Fortune, 22 Oct. 2026 Higher diesel prices have made shipping more expensive because long-haul trucks and freight trains rely on the fuel. — ABC News, 15 Oct. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for trucks
Noun
  • Hot wallets maintain internet connectivity, allowing cryptocurrency exchanges to process withdrawals and other transactions quickly.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 29 Oct. 2026
  • Some affected customers have received immediate exchanges at Apple Stores.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 29 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • The key legal questions being grappled with by courts throughout the US are whether event contracts offered by prediction markets qualify as swaps, and whether the CFTC jurisdiction over swaps preempts states from applying their gambling laws.
    — Jon Brodkin, ArsTechnica, 29 Oct. 2026
  • Which store-brand swaps to try first Start with the stuff where risk is low and reward is steady.
    — Ashley Lynch, Charlotte Observer, 27 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • Kaye spent around $100,000 on dozens of ads in the Hollywood trades, Variety among them, some of which attacked Norton and the studio.
    — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 30 Oct. 2026
  • One of the trades caused the price of contracts on Pratt's victory to jump from 29 cents to 45 cents, suggesting that traders saw his chances of winning rise from 29% to 45%.
    — Melissa Lee,Paige Tortorelli, CNBC, 30 Oct. 2026

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“Trucks.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/trucks. Accessed 3 Nov. 2026.

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