cargo
noun
car·go
ˈkär-(ˌ)gō 
plural cargoes or cargos
: the goods or merchandise conveyed in a ship, airplane, or vehicle : freight
Dock workers were unloading the ship's cargo.
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Examples of cargo in a Sentence
The ship was carrying a cargo of crude oil.
we put all of our cargo on the pack animals and began our journey through the canyon
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In March, the Navy announced that seventeen vessels from the Merchant Marine, which provides fuel and cargo to warships, were being taken out of service for prolonged maintenance.
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Dexter Filkins, The New Yorker, 3 Feb. 2025
In Austin in 2023, a FedEx cargo plane was 200 feet away from crashing into a Southwest Airlines passenger plane, after both were cleared to use the same runway on a foggy day.
—Boston Herald Editorial Staff, Boston Herald, 3 Feb. 2025
One nagging problem that the Globemaster shares with the Lockheed C-130 Hercules is its rear section, which is marked by an upswept rear when the cargo door is raised.
—David Szondy, New Atlas, 2 Feb. 2025
The Bashkirian crew failed to follow the plane’s traffic collision avoidance system, a German Federal Bureau of Aircraft investigation found, leading it to collide with the cargo airline.
—Michael Loria, USA TODAY, 31 Jan. 2025
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Dexter Filkins, The New Yorker, 3 Feb. 2025
In Austin in 2023, a FedEx cargo plane was 200 feet away from crashing into a Southwest Airlines passenger plane, after both were cleared to use the same runway on a foggy day.
—Boston Herald Editorial Staff, Boston Herald, 3 Feb. 2025
One nagging problem that the Globemaster shares with the Lockheed C-130 Hercules is its rear section, which is marked by an upswept rear when the cargo door is raised.
—David Szondy, New Atlas, 2 Feb. 2025
The Bashkirian crew failed to follow the plane’s traffic collision avoidance system, a German Federal Bureau of Aircraft investigation found, leading it to collide with the cargo airline.
—Michael Loria, USA TODAY, 31 Jan. 2025
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“Cargo.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cargo. Accessed 8 Feb. 2025.
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