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Definition of cartnext
as in wagon
a wheeled usually horse-drawn vehicle used for hauling a cart piled up with hay

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verb

as in to carry
to support and take from one place to another carted a knapsack filled with books from class to class

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Noun
Set in a former carriage house in Soho, the duplex includes a clubby bar room with exquisitely prepared drinks, and an upstairs dining room dressed up in white linen tablecloths and classic red banquettes, complete with roving Martini carts. Andrea Strong, Bon Appetit Magazine, 10 Feb. 2026 In Denver, Jovanina’s Broken Italian calls on a cranberry-rosemary shrub as a defining flavor in its Neve Rosa (or pink snow in Italian), served via its tableside digestif cart. Chadner Navarro, Vogue, 10 Feb. 2026
Verb
Collins went to the ground headfirst and, after being helped to the sideline and evaluated in the medical tent, was eventually carted to the locker room. Saad Yousuf, New York Times, 16 Jan. 2026 Collins walked to the sideline and was carted to the locker room for further evaluation, and he was ruled out halfway through the fourth quarter. Michael Guise, CBS News, 13 Jan. 2026 See All Example Sentences for cart
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Noun
  • Alta Dena was founded by three Stueve brothers in Monrovia at the end of World War II, with 61 cows and a milk wagon.
    Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 14 Feb. 2026
  • Perhaps the biggest clue that the TBX series is more than your grandpa's retirement wagon comes at the very back of the motorhome.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 8 Feb. 2026
Verb
  • The launcher carries six 300 mm rockets and is operated by a small crew working from within an armored cabin designed to protect against shrapnel and small-arms fire, according to reports.
    Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 9 Feb. 2026
  • Of his goals, the strike just outside the box away to Inter carried the most threat.
    Art de Roché, New York Times, 9 Feb. 2026
Verb
  • The Fort Allen Volunteer Fire Company said that crews responding to the crash found a semi-trailer truck that was hauling produce and was fully engulfed in flames.
    Megan Shinn, CBS News, 10 Feb. 2026
  • Enter Tyrannio, a Greek specialist in literature and libraries, owner of some 30,000 scrolls and famed expert on Aristotle — in fact, the same man responsible for restoring the philosopher’s tattered library after it was hauled to Rome.
    Big Think, Big Think, 9 Feb. 2026
Verb
  • For Valentine’s Day 2026, Avianca transported more than 19,000 tons of flowers from Colombia and Ecuador, a 6% uptick from last year.
    Alexandra Skores, CNN Money, 12 Feb. 2026
  • Two victims were airlifted to a hospital with serious or life-threatening injuries, police said, and a third victim died while being transported to the hospital.
    Alexandra Koch , Michael Sinkewicz, FOXNews.com, 11 Feb. 2026
Verb
  • Some kids are ferried by a parent or guardian; Lamia transports herself.
    Richard Brody, New Yorker, 10 Feb. 2026
  • Blue Origin, the space exploration company founded by Jeff Bezos, also holds a multibillion NASA contract to develop a vehicle capable of ferrying astronauts from deep space to the lunar surface.
    Jackie Wattles, CNN Money, 9 Feb. 2026
Verb
  • During their journey, thousands of people came out to greet the monks, who were welcomed into communities, churches and state capitols as streets were packed with well-wishers and police officers.
    Michelle Del Rey, USA Today, 11 Feb. 2026
  • Of course the main lobby restaurant, Le Jardin, which has icy buckets chilling wine and the near-constant scent of truffles in the air during its 24-hour service, is always packed.
    Megan Spurrell, Condé Nast Traveler, 11 Feb. 2026
Verb
  • McCarthy warned that being too quick to bring untested criminal cases against political adversaries risks damaging institutional legitimacy regardless of which party is in power.
    Kaelan Deese, The Washington Examiner, 15 Feb. 2026
  • The government brought forward major reforms and bans on assault-style weapons after the country suffered its worst-ever shooting attack in 2020, when a man impersonating a police officer killed 22 people in northern Nova Scotia.
    Max Saltman, CNN Money, 15 Feb. 2026

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“Cart.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cart. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.

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