payloads

noun

plural of payload
as in loads
a mass or quantity of something taken up and carried, conveyed, or transported the space shuttle can carry a maximum payload of approximately 50,000 pounds

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Recent Examples of payloads Those payloads give crews a visible way to assess where training rockets land during live-fire exercises. — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 29 Aug. 2026 Further analysis doubtless awaits, after the semi-submersible hauler vessel — so called because its deck goes underwater beneath heavy floating payloads, then rises up with them on board — arrives in Texas. — Mike Wall, Space.com, 27 Aug. 2026 New apartment buildings may be designed with convenient landing spots for the drones to drop their payloads on rooftops or courtyards. — George C. Lee Ii, Fortune, 26 Aug. 2026 The design, classifying Falcon Heavy as a super-heavy launch vehicle, means the rocket is capable of transporting much bigger payloads to orbit. — Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 25 Aug. 2026 Other commercial payloads using Falcon 9, including those bound for the International Space Station, are also on schedule to launch from Florida. — Michael Kan, PC Magazine, 25 Aug. 2026 There are growing concerns that SpaceX will largely focus on its own payloads—Starlink V3 satellites and orbital data centers—because of their potential to drive far greater profits. — Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 21 Aug. 2026 Varner argues that Nova Scotia is an ideal site for some payloads. — IEEE Spectrum, 20 Aug. 2026 Elon Musk’s SpaceX and Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin have been recovering rockets since 2015, helping drive down launch costs by reusing hardware that would otherwise be discarded after carrying satellites and other payloads toward space. — ABC News, 18 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for payloads
  1. loads
  2. cargoes
  3. loadings
  4. burdens
  5. weights
Noun
  • Instead, Hongqi said the solar roof could help supply lower-voltage electrical loads, including air conditioning, refrigerators and the vehicle’s sentry or monitoring systems.
    — Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 28 Aug. 2026
  • Together, Jaybush, Brad Chambers, and the American Heavy Moving team figured out a route through the city that avoided street trees, tight turns, and roads that run above old, fragile sewer pipes, which aren’t rated for heavy loads.
    — Nicola Twilley, New Yorker, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of loads
Noun
  • Competition with Asia for LNG cargoes will also remain intense because global supply growth is limited over the next 12 months.
    — Jenni Reid, CNBC, 27 Aug. 2026
  • Iran is demanding a 5% or 7% service fee per barrel of oil that would generate close to $20 billion annually, and that’s not even counting fees on other cargoes, such as natural gas, petrochemicals, helium, fertilizer, and container cargoes.
    — Jordan Blum, Fortune, 18 Aug. 2026
Definition of cargoes
Noun
  • Tehran's crude loadings are down about 70% in August from 893,000 bpd last month.
    — Spencer Kimball, CNBC, 28 Aug. 2026
  • Between March and June, LNG loadings from Qatar and the UAE declined by 35 billion cubic meters year-on-year, according to the International Energy Agency.
    — Melissa Hancock, Fortune, 19 Aug. 2026
Definition of loadings
Noun
  • The government does not account for compliance burdens that do not involve forms.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 26 Aug. 2026
  • The healthcare industry's voluntary agreements appeal to voters who feel government regulation drives up costs and places unnecessary burdens on businesses, some supporters say.
    — Stephanie Armour, CBS News, 25 Aug. 2026
Definition of burdens
Noun
  • Now, this doesn’t mean going to the gym and picking up weights.
    — Connie Etermadi, USA Today, 26 Aug. 2026
  • Diaper sizing Both brands offer parallel sizes based on babies’ weights from newborn (under 10 pounds) to size 6 (35+ pounds).
    — BestReviews, Chicago Tribune, 25 Aug. 2026
Definition of weights

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“Payloads.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/payloads. Accessed 1 Sep. 2026.

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