as in loads
a considerable amount
the guy who sent that e-mail is in for a truckload of misery
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Recent Examples of truckload
There’s an even brighter set on sale right now that doesn’t require any tools to install — and Amazon shoppers have been buying them by the truckload.
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Clint Davis, People.com, 18 May 2025
Jeff Lange of Elgin had a truckload of paint cans to get rid of on Saturday and Kane County’s recycling event in St. Charles fit the bill nicely.
—David Sharos, Chicago Tribune, 17 May 2025
The Simi Valley Landfill & Recycling Center has taken by far the biggest share of the fire detritus, receiving an average of 1,228 truckloads a day last week and a total of 636,000 tons of debris since the cleanup started.
—James Rainey, Los Angeles Times, 20 Apr. 2025
It was estimated that more than 100,000 truckloads of rubble would have to be taken down the mountain.
—Robert Petkoff Krish Seenivasan Quinton Kamara, New York Times, 8 Apr. 2025
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Clint Davis, People.com, 18 May 2025
Jeff Lange of Elgin had a truckload of paint cans to get rid of on Saturday and Kane County’s recycling event in St. Charles fit the bill nicely.
—David Sharos, Chicago Tribune, 17 May 2025
The Simi Valley Landfill & Recycling Center has taken by far the biggest share of the fire detritus, receiving an average of 1,228 truckloads a day last week and a total of 636,000 tons of debris since the cleanup started.
—James Rainey, Los Angeles Times, 20 Apr. 2025
It was estimated that more than 100,000 truckloads of rubble would have to be taken down the mountain.
—Robert Petkoff Krish Seenivasan Quinton Kamara, New York Times, 8 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for truckload
Noun
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There are some youth, but there’s a ton of growth taking place.—
Benjamin Royer,
Los Angeles Times,
9 June 2025
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Every week, Netflix drops a ton of new content for viewers to stream from studios all over the world.—
K. Thor Jensen,
PC Magazine,
6 June 2025
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Over three dozen incidents tallied Freelance visual journalist Michael Nigro, shown here at protests in Los Angeles' Koreatown neighborhood shortly after being struck in the helmet by a non-lethal bullet fired by a Los Angeles Police Department officer.—
David Folkenflik,
NPR,
16 June 2025
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Topline As the Trump administration considers significantly expanding the travel ban to more than four dozen countries, World Cup host cities in the United States that were banking on filling half their stadiums and hotels with foreign visitors could lose big.—
Suzanne Rowan Kelleher,
Forbes.com,
16 June 2025
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Analyst Christopher Nardone recently raised his price target on the stock to $192 per share from $173 citing a slew of positive catalysts ahead.—
Michael Bloom,
CNBC,
7 June 2025
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Despite winning a slew of competitions — including the European Title at age 13 and the World Championship at 15 — the only person Daley looked forward to seeing in the stands was his father.—
Tereza Shkurtaj,
People.com,
7 June 2025
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Breaking up a bunch of bananas can reduce the concentration of ethylene gas.—
Katie Rosenhouse,
Southern Living,
16 June 2025
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The best idea for Harrison might be to keep the velocity up, and try to develop a bunch of okay secondary pitches.—
The Athletic MLB Staff,
New York Times,
16 June 2025
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So Julie has become the master of this realm inside the cave and inside this enormous pile of bones.—
Ari Daniel,
Smithsonian Magazine,
12 June 2025
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Add a small pile of firewood to keep the soil cool and damp and provide a spot for firefly egg-laying. Plant more native plants from your climate zone, like goldenrod, Joe Pye weed, milkweed, or switchgrass.—
Mary Marlowe Leverette,
Southern Living,
11 June 2025
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The agreement takes a big chunk of oversight away from the NCAA and puts it in the hands of the four biggest conferences.—
Eddie Pells,
Baltimore Sun,
7 June 2025
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Break the problem into manageable chunks through three forms of parallelism.—
Jitender Jain,
Forbes.com,
6 June 2025
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Despite decades of precedent for storing the boats, in 2023, officials of Johnsburg, a town of 7,000 nearly 50 miles northwest of Chicago, declared the club was violating the zoning ordinance by charging fees to store boats on its grassy lot in a residential neighborhood.—
Robert McCoppin,
Chicago Tribune,
14 June 2025
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That first makeup test took place on the Warner Bros lot and Farrell remembers it vividly.—
Jenelle Riley,
Variety,
13 June 2025
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Coming in contact with this bacterium in large quantities can result in ear, nose, and throat infections.—
Moná Thomas,
People.com,
13 June 2025
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As the world’s reserve currency, the U.S. dollar is held in large quantities by global central banks.—
Zev Fima,
CNBC,
12 June 2025
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“Truckload.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/truckload. Accessed 20 Jun. 2025.
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