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
Danny Heitman, Christian Science Monitor, 9 May 2025
Guys in dress shoes and trenchcoats toted the Times, folded into tight businesslike rectangles.
—Vinson Cunningham, New Yorker, 5 May 2025
Nicol Natale, People.com, 30 May 2025
The slouchy shape is a majorly trending one in the handbag world, too, making this tote a boho-chic head-turner through and through.
—Stacia Datskovska, Footwear News, 28 May 2025
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Verb
At some 1,200 pages, this probably isn’t a title to tote to the beach.
—Danny Heitman, Christian Science Monitor, 9 May 2025
Guys in dress shoes and trenchcoats toted the Times, folded into tight businesslike rectangles.
—Vinson Cunningham, New Yorker, 5 May 2025
Noun
More bag styles including totes, wallets, and shoulder bags start at just $49 this weekend.
—Nicol Natale, People.com, 30 May 2025
The slouchy shape is a majorly trending one in the handbag world, too, making this tote a boho-chic head-turner through and through.
—Stacia Datskovska, Footwear News, 28 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tote
Verb
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The powerful currents of flash floods can carry drivers off the road.—
CA Weather Bot,
Sacbee.com,
9 June 2025
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The aphid was carried from Africa by the harmattan wind across the ocean to the Caribbean; it was detected in Florida’s sugarcane fields in the late nineteen-seventies and, in 2013, on sorghum crops farther north.—
Peter Slevin,
New Yorker,
9 June 2025
Noun
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In the episode’s final brilliant twist, Guy opens the satchel and discovers it’s filled with hotel-breakfast coupons, which Charlie collects on her travels.—
Louis Peitzman,
Vulture,
12 June 2025
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But that didn't perturb Nielsen, of San Antonio, Texas, who saw it as a challenge to revive the satchel.—
Alyce Collins,
MSNBC Newsweek,
26 May 2025
Verb
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The operation is massive: participants haul wagons and horses up to Nevada from all over California and coordinate nightly rest stops in shopping centers, ranches, even neighborhoods.—
Tina Li,
Sacbee.com,
7 June 2025
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Efforts to haul him in for oversight hit a brick wall.—
Philip Elliott,
Time,
6 June 2025
Noun
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Volunteers will help assemble backpacks on July 30-31 and assist during the event, a news release said.—
Mike Danahey,
Chicago Tribune,
12 June 2025
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Vin Fresco’s Wine Tote Bag features a leather exterior that’s stain-resistant with padded straps to carry it as a backpack.—
Kristin Braswell,
Travel + Leisure,
12 June 2025
Verb
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The 175-footer serves as the central hub during the team’s global fishing tour, transporting smaller fishing boats, tons of fuel, and toys such as a two-person submersible, KTM electric dirt bikes, and a Bell 505 helicopter.—
Nicole Hoey,
Robb Report,
10 June 2025
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The girl, a resident of South Lake Tahoe, was transported to Barton Memorial Hospital with what the CHP called life-threatening injuries.—
By,
Sacbee.com,
8 June 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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At this rate, Newcastle’s cohort of goalkeepers will need their own bus to ferry them to away matches.—
George Caulkin,
New York Times,
13 June 2025
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While Musk is championing the promise of robotaxis – self-driving cars without a driver than can ferry around paying passengers – there are concerns about both safety and their viability as a business.—
Chris Isidore,
CNN Money,
12 June 2025
Noun
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Taxes will go up on tobacco from the current rate of 36% of wholesale price for cigarettes and 15% for vaping products to 45% across the board, including nicotine pouches, which have exploded in popularity in recent years.—
Dan Petrella,
Chicago Tribune,
2 June 2025
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Branzino at Felice is steamed in an aluminum foil pouch to retain all the juices, lemon and olive oil.—
John Mariani,
Forbes.com,
2 June 2025
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“Tote.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tote. Accessed 19 Jun. 2025.
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