as in to carry
to support and take from one place to another
toted his dog from the muddy backyard to the bathtub for a thorough washing
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as in satchel
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Recent Examples of tote
Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 25 Apr. 2025
The truck toting the Pope’s body glided down narrow streets, the dome of the Vatican slowly fading into the distance.
—Vinson Cunningham, New Yorker, 27 Apr. 2025
James Powel, USA Today, 27 Apr. 2025
Despite a lack of breakaway speed, Martinez averaged 6.2 yards per carry on 514 career totes.
—Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 25 Apr. 2025
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Verb
More casual, and far more intimate, is the arsenal of gun shots—regular Americans, children as well as adults, toting their weaponry for the camera, and for the nervous amusement of their friends and relatives.
—Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 25 Apr. 2025
The truck toting the Pope’s body glided down narrow streets, the dome of the Vatican slowly fading into the distance.
—Vinson Cunningham, New Yorker, 27 Apr. 2025
Noun
Grain Millers recalled 20 of its 1,800-pound totes of Regular Rolled Oats #5 and 17 of its 1,600-pound totes of Quick Rolled Oats #21.
—James Powel, USA Today, 27 Apr. 2025
Despite a lack of breakaway speed, Martinez averaged 6.2 yards per carry on 514 career totes.
—Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 25 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tote
Verb
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Police previously said the van was carrying 14 people, and the truck’s driver was alone.—
Kimberlee Speakman,
People.com,
18 May 2025
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Two Richard Prince paintings carried the sale’s weight financially, bringing in $7.5 million with fees, constituting around 40 percent of the first sale’s total.—
Robb Report,
Robb Report,
18 May 2025
Noun
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Poking out of the pen pouches on the satchel is a row of tiny state flags, representing each of the states that Michael’s office covered.—
Jessica Winter,
New Yorker,
10 May 2025
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Midsize bag styles include satchels, shoulder bags and medium totes as well as a line of double bags and classic frames inspired by style icon Lee Radziwill.—
BestReviews,
Mercury News,
9 May 2025
Verb
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Built to haul small satellites to orbit, the rocket stands 82 feet (25 meters) tall and has an unusual design for a modern launcher, with three stages, each powered by hybrid engines burning a proprietary solid fuel mixed with a liquid oxidizer.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
14 May 2025
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Equally impressive were the things people couldn’t see, like the large basement spaces where animal acts would await their turn—complete with an elevator stout enough to haul elephants.—
Randy Mason,
Kansas City Star,
14 May 2025
Noun
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Almost a year-and-a-half later, in September 2024, a fisherman found some of her belongings including her backpack and a hiking shoe, the family wrote in a Saturday Facebook post.—
Mandy Taheri,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 May 2025
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In September of last year, Japanese authorities began searching in a different area after Wu-Murad’s backpack and a single shoe were discovered near a stream in Totsukawa village.—
Muri Assunção,
New York Daily News,
17 May 2025
Verb
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The airport may also be an attractive feature for the critical minerals’ economy, especially if processing plants are set up and refined metal products are to be transported.—
Saleem H. Ali,
Forbes.com,
18 May 2025
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Having then been transported to the hospital, he was later pronounced deceased.—
Escher Walcott,
People.com,
17 May 2025
Noun
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Steel wore a white turtleneck and carried a small knapsack filled with court filings: pleasure reading.—
Charles Bethea,
New Yorker,
28 Apr. 2025
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Todd has since amassed dozens of Pop Mart toys—many of whom accompany her on her overseas travels in a large brown knapsack—and nearly 250,000 followers who watch her unbox her toys and visit stores in search of limited editions.—
Miranda Jeyaretnam,
Time,
26 Mar. 2025
Verb
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Can hospital patients and the elderly be efficiently ferried to the bunkers that have been built specially for them?—
Jessi Jezewska Stevens,
The Dial,
24 Apr. 2025
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In due course, he was cast as an urchin in a movie about Charles Dickens, and soon a black Bentley was ferrying him to the set.—
Molly Fischer,
New Yorker,
5 May 2025
Noun
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Poking out of the pen pouches on the satchel is a row of tiny state flags, representing each of the states that Michael’s office covered.—
Jessica Winter,
New Yorker,
10 May 2025
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On the backside, a small, zippered pouch can hold first aid items, and the pass-through pocket makes a shell or other layer easy to grab or stash mid-run.—
Lisa Jhung,
Outside Online,
7 May 2025
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“Tote.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tote. Accessed 24 May. 2025.
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