1
: a person whose business is transporting goods by truck
2
: a truck driver
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Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 5 Aug. 2025
Paul Sloat, 29, of East Chicago, is accused of shooting a trucker in the chest on Aug. 22, 2022 as his father tried to prevent the driver from taking off.
—Meredith Colias-Pete, Chicago Tribune, 5 Aug. 2025
In Massachusetts this spring, a tall ICE officer in a trucker’s cap swung a sledgehammer to arrest Juan Francisco Méndez, the Guatemalan asylum-seeker inside.
—Nicole Foy, ProPublica, 31 July 2025
The Boston Federal Reserve is already testing CBDC programs, and the examples of abuse are everywhere: China's social credit system, which punishes citizens for political dissent, and Canada freezing of truckers' bank accounts in 2022 for protesting vaccine mandates.
—Kevin Sabet, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 July 2025
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Indian Creek Express, a trucker based out of Pierce, Colo., filed for Chapter 11 on July 28.
—Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 5 Aug. 2025
Paul Sloat, 29, of East Chicago, is accused of shooting a trucker in the chest on Aug. 22, 2022 as his father tried to prevent the driver from taking off.
—Meredith Colias-Pete, Chicago Tribune, 5 Aug. 2025
In Massachusetts this spring, a tall ICE officer in a trucker’s cap swung a sledgehammer to arrest Juan Francisco Méndez, the Guatemalan asylum-seeker inside.
—Nicole Foy, ProPublica, 31 July 2025
The Boston Federal Reserve is already testing CBDC programs, and the examples of abuse are everywhere: China's social credit system, which punishes citizens for political dissent, and Canada freezing of truckers' bank accounts in 2022 for protesting vaccine mandates.
—Kevin Sabet, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 July 2025
See All Example Sentences for trucker
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“Trucker.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/trucker. Accessed 1 Sep. 2025.
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