Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for wagonloads
Noun
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The approach could repurpose up to 220,000 tons of glass each year, an amount equivalent to roughly 11,000 truckloads.—
Georgina Jedikovska,
Interesting Engineering,
1 Apr. 2026 -
Spencer says seven truckloads of items were donated, completely exceeding his expectations.—
Erika Stanish,
CBS News,
23 Mar. 2026
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The children, their mother and Covington hauled carloads of belongings to their new place.—
Dan Sullivan,
The Orlando Sentinel,
3 Mar. 2026
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Illinois is the nation’s rail hub, ranking first among the states in rail tons and rail carloads moved; half of all container railcars in the nation flow through Chicago.—
Jim Nowlan,
Chicago Tribune,
27 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Adding insult to injury, Argentina has suspended its export tax and was rewarded with Chinese orders last month for 20 shiploads of soybeans, deepening a market downturn for American growers.—
Patricia Lopez,
Mercury News,
14 Oct. 2025
Noun
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As trucks roared up the landfill and dumped fresh loads of trash, adults and children alike rushed forward, gathering beneath cascading avalanches of waste to grab anything of value.—
CNN Money,
CNN Money,
15 Apr. 2026
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The 37-year-old is aging like fine wine, averaging nearly 26 points per game for the Houston Rockets while shouldering one of the heaviest minutes loads in the league.—
Joe Vardon,
New York Times,
12 Apr. 2026
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How do influencers make their boatloads of money?—
Fortesa Latifi,
Rolling Stone,
5 Apr. 2026
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Drug traffickers moved into Cancún in the late 1990s, buying up mansions for themselves and using the secluded coasts of the state, Quintana Roo, to receive boatloads of Colombian cocaine.—
Mary Beth Sheridan,
CNN Money,
24 Feb. 2026
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Ships are not allowed to pass if they or their cargoes are linked to hostile nations, according to the Tasnim report.—
Spencer Kimball,
CNBC,
17 Apr. 2026
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Around 187 tankers carrying roughly 170 million barrels of crude are stranded inside the Gulf, which will take more than two weeks to clear at the current, post-ceasefire pace, and there are few signs of empty tankers entering the region to load fresh cargoes.—
Amena Bakr,
semafor.com,
13 Apr. 2026
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“Wagonloads.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wagonloads. Accessed 22 Apr. 2026.
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