trucking

noun

truck·​ing ˈtrə-kiŋ How to pronounce trucking (audio)
: the process or business of transporting goods on trucks

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Nils Jaeger, president of Volvo Autonomous Solutions, told the Statesman that Texas is essential to launching the self-driving trucking industry. Karoline Leonard, Austin American Statesman, 15 July 2025 This is a fast-growing niche in truck autonomy, sitting between over-the-road trucking and off-road truck operations such as mining. Richard Bishop, Forbes.com, 10 July 2025 That flood also stalled travel between Dhaka and Chattogram, slowing down cargo transportation across trucking and rail and obstructing the loading and unloading operations at the port. Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 9 July 2025 Asked by the trucking industry and others to keep diesel taxes close to those state levies related to regular gasoline, the 2007 General Assembly enacted a three-step formula. Keith M. Phaneuf, Hartford Courant, 8 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for trucking

Word History

First Known Use

1809, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of trucking was in 1809

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“Trucking.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/trucking. Accessed 22 Jul. 2025.

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