as in ton
a considerable amount
a boatload of publicity for the new handheld devices
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Recent Examples of boatload
Amazon Prime Day is underway, meaning a boatload of Prime Day furniture deals on just about every type of seating and storage under the sun just dropped its anchor.
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Audrey Lee, Architectural Digest, 10 July 2025
There are many examples across sectors and across history which show that throwing up boatloads of money to poach top talent from competitors is never enough on its own.
—Preston Fore, Fortune, 10 July 2025
Prime Day has officially kicked off, which means boatloads of deals are flooding Amazon’s sale section.
—Clara McMahon, People.com, 8 July 2025
In my opinion, a wedge salad should have a boatload of tasty garnishes.
—Cathy Thomas, Oc Register, 7 July 2025
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Audrey Lee, Architectural Digest, 10 July 2025
There are many examples across sectors and across history which show that throwing up boatloads of money to poach top talent from competitors is never enough on its own.
—Preston Fore, Fortune, 10 July 2025
Prime Day has officially kicked off, which means boatloads of deals are flooding Amazon’s sale section.
—Clara McMahon, People.com, 8 July 2025
In my opinion, a wedge salad should have a boatload of tasty garnishes.
—Cathy Thomas, Oc Register, 7 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for boatload
Noun
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There’s been a ton of turnover on the pitching staffs of both teams, but the Dodgers brought in arms that were more toxic and less hittable.—
Andrew Baggarly,
New York Times,
14 Sep. 2025
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These boulders, ranging in size from several meters to hundreds of meters and weighing up to a few tons, occasionally tumble down cliffs and crater walls, leaving bright tracks of disturbed lunar dust behind.—
Rupendra Brahambhatt,
Interesting Engineering,
14 Sep. 2025
Noun
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It’s finished in a beautiful coat of light green and has loads of chrome trim and a black roof.—
Bryan Hood,
Robb Report,
12 Sep. 2025
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There’s a lot of tradesmen, but songwriters… There’s not loads of them.—
Rob Sheffield,
Rolling Stone,
12 Sep. 2025
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Last time, Republicans were defending more than two dozen districts won by former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in 2016.—
W. James Antle III,
The Washington Examiner,
12 Sep. 2025
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Three dozen lucky Klarna staffers just joined the ultrarich club thanks to its recent stock windfall.—
Emma Burleigh,
Fortune,
11 Sep. 2025
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But the return of Manu Garcia and a slew of attack-minded substitutions couldn’t get Sporting an equalizer.—
Daniel Sperry,
Kansas City Star,
14 Sep. 2025
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And in 2015, Andy Samberg crooned to a slew of stars about the perils of #PeakTV.—
Matt Webb Mitovich,
TVLine,
13 Sep. 2025
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David Long has also played for a bunch of teams and was in Los Angeles when Evero was with the Rams, though, as stated before, his former proteges haven’t necessarily led to consistently strong results in Carolina.—
Mike Kaye
September 10,
Charlotte Observer,
10 Sep. 2025
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The linen gets softer with every wash, too, and the interior 100% polyester fill won’t shift or bunch up.—
Stephanie Osmanski,
Better Homes & Gardens,
10 Sep. 2025
Noun
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That includes a subdivision map dividing the property into six lots and a request to replace the current zoning with a custom zoning plan tailored to The Village.—
Mona Darwish,
Oc Register,
13 Sep. 2025
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The shooting happened in the same lot where another shooting occurred on July 11.—
PJ Green,
Kansas City Star,
12 Sep. 2025
Noun
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For the second time in the last three season, Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow will miss a large chunk of the season.—
Michael Gallagher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
16 Sep. 2025
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In the worst-case scenario, a collision could smash a satellite into many more pieces of space debris, which each then go on to collide with more satellites, which produces more chunks of space junk, and so on and so forth.—
Keith Cooper,
Space.com,
15 Sep. 2025
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Banfield had to go back to the pile, as it was called, for nine straight days.—
Rachel Burchfield,
Forbes.com,
11 Sep. 2025
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The pile-in on Broadcom comes after Oracle nearly turned into a hyperscaler overnight.—
Pia Singh,
CNBC,
10 Sep. 2025
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“Boatload.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/boatload. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.
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