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
Blue Origin, founded in 2000, is the brainchild of Amazon CEO Bezos who envisions the company as a regular provider of space transport for both cargo and crew and a major player in making humanity both an on-world and off-world species, with millions of people eventually living in space.
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Jeffrey Kluger, TIME, 17 Jan. 2025
An unknown powder was spread around the trailer to prevent the smell of human cargo from being detected by patrol dogs at border inspection stations.
—Fox News, 17 Jan. 2025
New Glenn has about the same carrying capacity as SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy, and is meant to shuttle cargo into space on the reusable launch platform.
—Thomas Ricker, The Verge, 16 Jan. 2025
SpaceX’s Falcon rockets propelled cargo to orbit 133 times in 2024, with one failure, the vast majority of the 145 launches attempted in the U.S. last year and more than half of the 263 worldwide, according to space activity tracker Jonathan McDowell.
—Jeremy Bogaisky, Forbes, 11 Jan. 2025
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Jeffrey Kluger, TIME, 17 Jan. 2025
An unknown powder was spread around the trailer to prevent the smell of human cargo from being detected by patrol dogs at border inspection stations.
—Fox News, 17 Jan. 2025
New Glenn has about the same carrying capacity as SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy, and is meant to shuttle cargo into space on the reusable launch platform.
—Thomas Ricker, The Verge, 16 Jan. 2025
SpaceX’s Falcon rockets propelled cargo to orbit 133 times in 2024, with one failure, the vast majority of the 145 launches attempted in the U.S. last year and more than half of the 263 worldwide, according to space activity tracker Jonathan McDowell.
—Jeremy Bogaisky, Forbes, 11 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cargo
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Like Starship, the demo payloads were not expected to reach orbit.—
Jackie Wattles,
CNN,
17 Jan. 2025
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The ultimate payload is account takeover through credential theft.—
Davey Winder,
Forbes,
17 Jan. 2025
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To ease their burden, PwC urges automakers to be as efficient as possible including regionalization and improving supply chains.—
Yaakov Katz,
Newsweek,
17 Jan. 2025
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On January 14, two bills advanced in the Labor Committee that might well be the spark that ignites widespread labor unrest, even as the push imposes heavier burdens on our state’s consumers and taxpayers.—
Frank Ricci,
National Review,
17 Jan. 2025
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Hornets’ security, the Observer previously reported, typically places barricades outside the stadium’s loading dock area to keep pedestrians and fans at bay — particularly when a car is leaving.—
Julia Coin,
Charlotte Observer,
23 Jan. 2025
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The circular loading indicator kept spinning, which felt a little overwhelming.—
Robert Anderson,
PCMAG,
22 Jan. 2025
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In their world, there were more hands to share the load, more voices to call out, more feet to hold the line.—
Katherine Schulten,
New York Times,
16 Jan. 2025
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Nothing is insurmountable when many hands can lighten loads.—
Mike Fleming Jr,
Deadline,
14 Jan. 2025
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More than 60% of respondents said Lunar New Year freight, which consists of spring and summer products, were also frontloaded to avoid any supply chain disruption.—
Lori Ann LaRocco,
CNBC,
17 Jan. 2025
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Per Brookings analysis, this legislation has funneled an incredible $1.71 billion to the San Diego region over the past two years, like the $54 million replacement of the San Dieguito River Railway Bridge in Del Mar to ensure passenger and freight rail connections to Los Angeles and beyond.—
Adie Tomer,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
16 Jan. 2025
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“Cargo.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cargo. Accessed 29 Jan. 2025.
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