CARLOADS Synonyms: 185 Similar and Opposite Words

carloads

noun

plural of carload

as in tons

a considerable amount he always has a carload of ideas for a new product launch

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Recent Examples of carloads Two van-loads, four carloads and a whole team of volunteers transported the hefty amount of donations. — Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 12 June 2026 The children, their mother and Covington hauled carloads of belongings to their new place. — Dan Sullivan, The Orlando Sentinel, 3 Mar. 2026 Illinois is the nation’s rail hub, ranking first among the states in rail tons and rail carloads moved; half of all container railcars in the nation flow through Chicago. — Jim Nowlan, Chicago Tribune, 27 Feb. 2026 When the carloads of masked men showed up outside, these strangers chased them away with whistles. — Nick Woltman, Twin Cities, 22 Feb. 2026 But Associated Press staff saw carloads of agents in northeast Minneapolis, as well as the northern suburb of Little Canada. — Mike Catalini, Fortune, 27 Jan. 2026 In fewer than 15 minutes, two separate carloads of people pulled up to the John Muir National Historic Site in Martinez last Saturday. — Martha Ross, Mercury News, 13 Oct. 2025 Three carloads of Crips headed for Club 662. — Gina Barton, USA Today, 7 Sep. 2025 The formation of an intercontinental railroad would ideally cut down transit times, particularly by reducing interchange points, where carloads and containers are moved from one railroad to the other. — Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 3 Sep. 2025

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Noun

Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak said earlier this week that the first shipment would amount to 40,000 tons of diesel, according to Russia's Interfax news agency.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 24 Oct. 2026
To meet those requirements, the company customized its L760-50 luffing-jib tower crane, which has a maximum lifting capacity of 50 metric tons (55 US tons) and a maximum jib length of 60 meters (197 feet).

— Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 24 Oct. 2026

Definition of tons

Noun

Cranes lift 200-ton loads at mountain bridge site The R4300-200 has a maximum lifting capacity of 200 metric tons (220 US tons) and an 80-meter jib (262 feet).

— Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 24 Oct. 2026
Its remaining civil rights workers have described untenable case loads and pressure to dismiss complaints.

— Jennifer Smith Richards, ProPublica, 22 Oct. 2026

Definition of loads

Noun

An ocean bordered by dozens of countries would be far harder to rename than a gulf or a lake.

— Bilin Lin, Fortune, 23 Oct. 2026
Two women, ages 50 and 60, were killed and dozens of other people were wounded in a Russian strike on a market in Lozova, in Ukraine's northeastern Kharkiv region, said Oleh Syniehubov, head of the regional military administration.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 23 Oct. 2026

Definition of dozens

Noun

There’s joy, there’s music, there’s magically regenerating food, trees that flower and fruit at the same time, piles of treasure, crystals that rain from the sky, everlasting happiness and health.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 21 Oct. 2026
Discreet ‘yes’, ‘no’, ‘maybe’ piles of pictures appear on the floor, to be reviewed by Grimes and Gallici later.

— Lucy Maguire, Vogue, 21 Oct. 2026

Definition of piles

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In the Bucha district, one woman was killed and 21 people were wounded, eight of them children, while hundreds of buildings were damaged, according to police.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 21 Oct. 2026
Their contracts can run hundreds of pages, making harmful terms easy to bury.

— Emma Witman, Fortune, 21 Oct. 2026

Definition of hundreds

Noun

The facts, however, are altogether against any such conclusion, for quite recently no less than 50 artificial butter factories were counted in this city, and large quantities of artificial butter are sold to the customer as genuine butter.

— Jeanna Bryner, Scientific American, 20 Oct. 2026
Estimators spend scarce hours manually measuring quantities that software could calculate while higher-value judgment calls wait behind them.

— Shiva Dhawan, Forbes.com, 20 Oct. 2026

Definition of quantities

Noun

Conservation development is a method of constructing lots and homes closer together on smaller plots, the program states.

— Marc Hayot, Arkansas Online, 27 Oct. 2026
Two thousand acres, almost seven hundred lots, snug against the Northstar ski area, with views of the Martis Valley and the Sierra Crest.

— Nick Paumgarten, New Yorker, 26 Oct. 2026

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