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.
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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Platforms enable companies to track shipments, reroute cargo proactively and avoid costly delays.
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Jochen Schwenk, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2025
The rule would first kick in for drayage trucks, which move cargo between ports and warehouses up and down the state.
—Ari Plachta, Sacramento Bee, 28 Feb. 2025
SpaceX envisions the spacecraft as being a fully reusable transportation system that can carry both humans and cargo to Earth's orbit, the moon and even Mars.
—Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 27 Feb. 2025
Drones targeted the port on the coast of the Black Sea known for being one of the key cargo ports for the transport of oil, according to RBC-Ukraine.
—Maya Mehrara, Newsweek, 26 Feb. 2025
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Jochen Schwenk, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2025
The rule would first kick in for drayage trucks, which move cargo between ports and warehouses up and down the state.
—Ari Plachta, Sacramento Bee, 28 Feb. 2025
SpaceX envisions the spacecraft as being a fully reusable transportation system that can carry both humans and cargo to Earth's orbit, the moon and even Mars.
—Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 27 Feb. 2025
Drones targeted the port on the coast of the Black Sea known for being one of the key cargo ports for the transport of oil, according to RBC-Ukraine.
—Maya Mehrara, Newsweek, 26 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for cargo
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“Cargo.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cargo. Accessed 5 Mar. 2025.
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