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 truckloads
Now lawmakers believe that a major uptick in bottle returns is most likely being caused by out-of-state traffickers hauling in truckloads of bottles to be returned.
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Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 2 Jan. 2026
Although the Biden administration successfully persuaded the Netanyahu government to reverse this decision, Israeli restrictions limited the number of daily truckloads of aid entering Gaza to a fraction of those required to meet basic needs.
—Andrew P. Miller, Foreign Affairs, 5 Dec. 2025
In Leadville, truckloads of snow are plowed up from other parts of town and dumped onto Harrison Avenue for the weekendlong event that boasts an atypical co-mingling of ranchers and skiers.
—Cari Shane, USA Today, 11 Nov. 2025
Its battery reportedly supplies enough power to dispense two full truckloads of fuel.
—Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 7 Nov. 2025
Today, Beck estimates 37 truckloads of granite have arrived at Kinstone.
—Madeline Heim, jsonline.com, 30 Oct. 2025
After the search warrants were served, deputies reported one house in San Jose contained more than a dozen truckloads of Home Depot merchandise occupying hallways and closets from floor to ceiling.
—Robert Salonga, Mercury News, 24 Oct. 2025
Guy Fieri was shocked to learn that two truckloads of his Santo Tequila had gone missing.
—Lori A Bashian, FOXNews.com, 8 Oct. 2025
Its factories have started brewing again, and some truckloads of beer are leaving its warehouses, but the attack has spotlighted the poor cybersecurity readiness among top-tier companies in the world’s fifth-largest economy.
—John Liu, CNN Money, 8 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for truckloads
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As more loads were seized through the summer and fall of 2024, Wedding began to rely increasingly on one of Toronto’s most colorful criminal defense attorneys, Deepak Paradkar, for information, according to the indictment.—
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In some of the tunnels that cut through the mountains, there were only a couple of inches to spare on either side of the loads.—
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Lightweight and easy to flatten when empty, this packable tote from Bagsmart is a steal for $26 and features tons of pockets for stashing all of your travel essentials.—
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Also, didn’t Trump just pardon Juan Orlando Hernández, the former Honduran President, who had been sentenced to forty-five years in federal prison for conspiring to import four hundred tons of cocaine into the United States?—
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Having designed dozens of homes and studied many more, interior designers become accustomed to spotting some of the same home accessories over and over again.—
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While this design comes in a dozen colors, the Amazon-exclusive Black Cherry hue is swoonworthy!—
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Shelf ice forms along beaches where ice piles up after being pushed to shore.—
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Amid a large snowstorm in Michigan's Upper Peninsula, one curious dog dived into piles of snow in a now-viral video.—
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In a field experiment with hundreds of consultants, GPT-4 improved speed and quality on some knowledge tasks while performance dropped on other, seemingly similar tasks just outside its strengths.—
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In San Francisco, hundreds of people gathered for a protest and march to speak out against ICE, with many expressing anger and outrage about the fatal shooting in Minneapolis.—
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Once that’s been melted to water, larger chunks of the ice slough off much more easily.—
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If large stuck-on food chunks remain, carefully scrape them off with a razor blade, being mindful not to scratch the stovetop.—
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Empty lots littered with debris and ash line the street where houses and small businesses once stood.—
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All but one of the fires were started on corner lots, all the vehicles were parked on the curb alongside a house, and all the vehicles were older models or dilapidated.—
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These unmanned systems are relatively low cost, can be produced in large quantities, and pose a challenge to conventional air and sea defences due to their size, numbers, and flight patterns.—
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Portion sizes matter here because some foods are high in FODMAPs when eaten in larger quantities.—
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“Truckloads.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/truckloads. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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