How to Use payload in a Sentence

payload

noun
  • The truck is carrying a payload of 2,580 pounds.
  • The worst thing is that these payloads of bad stuff leave no trace behind.
    — Kurt Knutsson, Fox News, 19 Oct. 2023
  • This will cool its payload of vapor and kick off weeks and waves of rain and snow.
    — New York Times, 12 Aug. 2022
  • Its payload is just too large for lesser gauges to compare to.
    — Richard Mann, Field & Stream, 27 July 2020
  • The other payloads followed suit over the next hour and a half.
    — Mike Wall, Space.com, 3 May 2026
  • The press kit doesn't say exactly how heavy that payload was.
    — Mike Wall, Space.com, 17 June 2026
  • Any of those short shells, as a bonus, packs a perfect light payload for woodcock.
    — Phil Bourjaily, Field & Stream, 20 Oct. 2020
  • That kind of payload has the potential to drain power and range.
    — Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 23 Dec. 2021
  • Last year, the payload was found in the mountains of Julian.
    — Noah Lyons, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 May 2026
  • There's a lot of satellites or payloads, and there's a lot of good reason to get weight out of those.
    — Jim Vinoski, Forbes.com, 31 July 2025
  • And that gives you indications around the payload and speed and range.
    — Wired, 31 July 2022
  • At that point, the next stage ignites and carries the payload toward space.
    — Joe Pappalardo, Popular Mechanics, 25 Oct. 2022
  • The site will be revealed just weeks ahead of launch, and the payload itself within days.
    — The Economist, 18 July 2019
  • The drones have a roughly nine-mile range, depending on payload size.
    — Serhii Korolchuk, Washington Post, 4 Oct. 2023
  • And these rockets, by the way, have more payload, more range and and were more effective.
    — CBS News, 23 June 2021
  • The more objects and payloads launched, the more reentry events occur.
    — Matthew Ray, The Conversation, 13 May 2026
  • But the payload was amateur-grade.
    — Michael Kan, PC Magazine, 8 Sep. 2025
  • There was not a payload on that vehicle because this was a static fire test.
    — Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 10 June 2026
  • Sunday’s payload more than doubled that.
    — Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 22 June 2026
  • The payload also matters in the risk assessment of whether to launch or not.
    — Abraham Mahshie, Washington Examiner, 28 Nov. 2020
  • The team will launch a third test payload in December and a couple more next spring.
    — Loren Grush, The Verge, 2 Aug. 2019
  • This means rockets should have the ability to launch larger payloads for less cost.
    — Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 11 Apr. 2026
  • Once the plan was made, members of the group would fly the heavy payload drones over the prisons and drop their packages.
    — Dan Raby, CBS News, 25 June 2026
  • Once on station, what the Lamprey does depends on its payload.
    — David Szondy february 09, New Atlas, 9 Feb. 2026
  • For this mission, the Space Force did announce some payloads.
    — Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 21 Aug. 2025
  • There were no customer payloads onboard the failed Spectrum launch last year.
    — Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 15 June 2026
  • SpaceX alone doubled the rest of the world in the amount of payload delivered to orbit.
    — Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 30 Sep. 2022
  • The stage and payload fly off course and crash into the Pacific Ocean.
    — Joe Pappalardo, Popular Mechanics, 25 Oct. 2022
  • However, there was no payload atop the rocket at the time of the incident.
    — David Szondy may 28, New Atlas, 28 May 2026
  • The company did not disclose the payloads that were riding on the rocket.
    — Mike Wall, Space.com, 29 Dec. 2025

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