as in payload
a mass or quantity of something taken up and carried, conveyed, or transported
we put all of our cargo on the pack animals and began our journey through the canyon
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Recent Examples of cargo
Shipping delays are also possible with the major cargo hubs of Louisville, Kentucky, and Memphis, Tennessee, in the line of storms.
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Hanna Park, CNN Money, 4 Apr. 2025
The Guangzhou gateway handles approximately 40 percent of the hub’s import and export cargo volume.
—Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 1 Apr. 2025
The airport currently has about 600,000 square feet of cargo buildings.
—Ted Reed, Forbes.com, 31 Mar. 2025
Two drivers were making a scheduled delivery when the suspects stole the cartons from the truck’s cargo area, according to Kleven.
—Jason Green, Mercury News, 28 Mar. 2025
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Hanna Park, CNN Money, 4 Apr. 2025
The Guangzhou gateway handles approximately 40 percent of the hub’s import and export cargo volume.
—Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 1 Apr. 2025
The airport currently has about 600,000 square feet of cargo buildings.
—Ted Reed, Forbes.com, 31 Mar. 2025
Two drivers were making a scheduled delivery when the suspects stole the cartons from the truck’s cargo area, according to Kleven.
—Jason Green, Mercury News, 28 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for cargo
Recent Examples of Synonyms for cargo
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To achieve this, Nighthawk would be equipped with three science payloads, using just 6.6 pounds (3.0 kilograms) of the available 11 lbs (5 kg) of payload mass on Mars Chopper.—
Andrew Jones,
Space.com,
5 Apr. 2025
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For this reason, Isar did not fly any customer payloads on the Spectrum rocket, designed to deliver up to 2,200 pounds (1,000 kilograms) of payload mass to low-Earth orbit.—
Stephen Clark,
ArsTechnica,
31 Mar. 2025
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Even in relationships where physical chores are divided equally, one partner often bears the mental burden of ensuring that everything runs smoothly.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes.com,
30 Mar. 2025
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But not to carry the burden of homeless services for the entire tri-county area.—
Chelsea Cantilli,
The Orlando Sentinel,
30 Mar. 2025
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The trick floor conceals a 5-foot-long (1.5-m) slide-out tray for easier tailgate loading and unpacking.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
27 Mar. 2025
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Amazon and other customers use it in warehouses for repetitive tasks such as loading and unloading totes.—
Loren Elliott,
New York Times,
25 Mar. 2025
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Small, intentional changes — like expressing appreciation, communicating needs clearly and checking in about emotional and mental loads — can breathe new life into a relationship.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes.com,
30 Mar. 2025
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California is without question the prize, with the largest electricity load in the West.—
Tom Philp,
Mercury News,
28 Mar. 2025
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Under his tenure, DOT audited Boeing 737 crashes, trucking and freight rail theft, and had ongoing investigations of Tesla and Space X, which are owned by Elon Musk, the billionaire appointed by Trump to lead the federal DOGE.—
Jeffrey Schweers,
The Orlando Sentinel,
28 Mar. 2025
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Lightning All-Electric Prototype, the vehicle that famously pulled more than 1 million pounds of freight rail cars in a 2019 television commercial.—
Jamie L. LaReau,
USA Today,
28 Mar. 2025
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“Cargo.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cargo. Accessed 13 Apr. 2025.
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