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as in cargo
a mass or quantity of something taken up and carried, conveyed, or transported
shipped a large freight of steel to the manufacturer
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as in price
the amount of money that is demanded as payment for something
it's all very well to suggest increased government services, but who will pay the freight for them?
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as in to load
to place a weight or burden on
it took six hours to freight the cargo airplane
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Recent Examples of freight
Marc Ramirez, USA TODAY, 24 Mar. 2025
Metra shares tracks with freight railroads, which makes changing service complex, and the agency could lose staff to the other railroads who would be difficult to replace.
—Sarah Freishtat, Chicago Tribune, 21 Mar. 2025
Alexandra Schwartz, The New Yorker, 13 Dec. 2024
Syrian rebel forces Wednesday were within 6 miles of the central city of Hama, a city freighted with past horrors for antigovernment forces.
—David Hodari, NBC News, 4 Dec. 2024
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Noun
In 2002, a freight barge struck a pier of Oklahoma’s Interstate 40 bridge after the towboat’s captain lost consciousness, collapsing a section of the bridge and killing 14.
—Marc Ramirez, USA TODAY, 24 Mar. 2025
Metra shares tracks with freight railroads, which makes changing service complex, and the agency could lose staff to the other railroads who would be difficult to replace.
—Sarah Freishtat, Chicago Tribune, 21 Mar. 2025
Verb
The moment is at once rich with relief and freighted with ominousness: Lady Liberty is filmed upside down.
—Alexandra Schwartz, The New Yorker, 13 Dec. 2024
Syrian rebel forces Wednesday were within 6 miles of the central city of Hama, a city freighted with past horrors for antigovernment forces.
—David Hodari, NBC News, 4 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for freight
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Lincoln returned from the cargo trip and decided to stay in New Salem, about 20 miles northwest of Springfield.—
Addison Wright,
Chicago Tribune,
22 Mar. 2025
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FedEx navigated through bottom-line headwinds such as the end of its air cargo contract with the United States Postal Service (USPS) last fall, resulting in a $180 million hit to operating income, Subramaniam said in the call.—
Glenn Taylor,
Sourcing Journal,
21 Mar. 2025
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The firm has a buy rating on the stock and a $200 target price, implying a nearly 76% upside from Wednesday’s close.—
Lim Hui Jie,
CNBC,
28 Mar. 2025
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While many passengers have successfully secured upgrades at a fraction of the retail price, there’s no guarantee that your bid will be accepted.—
Bailey Berg,
AFAR Media,
28 Mar. 2025
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Clevinger walked Trout to load the bases with two outs, but struck out Soler to end the threat and keep the Sox ahead by three runs.—
LaMond Pope,
Chicago Tribune,
31 Mar. 2025
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Karlie Davison singled, Payton Burnham reached on a fielder's choice and Reagan Johnson legged out an infield single to load the bases with one out.—
Christina Long,
Arkansas Online,
31 Mar. 2025
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The Protect Medicaid Act has been introduced in past congressional sessions and seeks to prevent what the GOP calls a financial burden on American taxpayers.—
Ron Estes,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 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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Harden delayed a vote last week that would have opened the door for a borrowing plan to allow CPS to absorb the costs of the underfunded pension fund for municipal workers, mostly CPS employees.—
Nell Salzman,
Chicago Tribune,
28 Mar. 2025
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On far too many occasions, Watson chose deceit over candor, grasping for the illusion of business success and personal acclaim at any cost.—
Peter White,
Deadline,
28 Mar. 2025
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These methods can easily miss deeper behavioral indicators that would signal a malicious payload lurking beneath the surface.—
Alex Vakulov,
Forbes,
23 Mar. 2025
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During the eclipse, three of those science payloads worked to measure changes in lunar dust and radiation.—
Sara Hashemi,
Smithsonian Magazine,
18 Mar. 2025
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The Football Observatory reports that the average transfer fee in the 2022/23 season approximated €4 million—a testament to the economic potential of judicious talent management.—
Priya Oberoi,
Forbes.com,
27 Mar. 2025
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The new league, which would rival Europe’s leading basketball competition, the EuroLeague, would involve around eight franchises being launched for an initial fee of $500 million each, Bloomberg reported, adding the NBA could still opt out of launching the potential competition.—
Matias Grez,
CNN Money,
27 Mar. 2025
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The assessments look into vessel traffic, transit speeds, loading characteristics and more, especially as ships have gotten larger over the decades.—
Brittney Melton,
NPR,
21 Mar. 2025
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Accessible via the left- and right-side pass-through doors, this storage garage can carry a small motorcycle, scooter, ebike or bicycles, and an available slide-out ramp helps with loading.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
20 Mar. 2025
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“Freight.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/freight. Accessed 6 Apr. 2025.
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