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as in wagon
a wheeled usually horse-drawn vehicle used for hauling a cart piled up with hay

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verb

as in to carry
to support and take from one place to another carted a knapsack filled with books from class to class

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Recent Examples of cart
Noun
Well, neither of them really, but that's putting the space cart before the Martian horse. Jeff Spry, Space.com, 28 May 2025 Note: Prices shown are for a golfer riding in a cart and are subject to change. Langston Wertz Jr, Charlotte Observer, 27 May 2025
Verb
The fan was put on a stretcher and carted off the field. Daniel S. Levine, People.com, 1 May 2025 Speaking of which, the movie opens like a monster movie, Knightley shrieking with uncommon volatility as her hysterical character is carted up to the institute in a carriage. A.a. Dowd, Vulture, 28 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for cart
Recent Examples of Synonyms for cart
Noun
  • According to the department, the wagon was located far away from the main road in middle of a field.
    David Chiu, People.com, 23 May 2025
  • The horses were performing up to eight funerals a day, in all weather, and pulling wagons that weighed more than a ton.
    Charlie D'Agata, CBS News, 22 May 2025
Verb
  • The powerful currents of flash floods can carry drivers off the road.
    NC Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 30 May 2025
  • The charges of interfering with flight crew members and attendants carries a maximum term of 20 years of imprisonment.
    Lesley Cosme Torres, People.com, 30 May 2025
Verb
  • Telo Trucks View 2 Images Telo's upcoming MT1 electric truck might only be as big as a two-door Mini Cooper, but it's got more than enough horses – 500, to be exact – under the hood to haul a full-size bed full of cargo.
    Abhimanyu Ghoshal, New Atlas, 24 May 2025
  • At the recent Lucha practice, the girls suited up quickly in the gym and set up their practice space by hauling worn mats out from under a boxing ring.
    Corey Kilgannon, New York Times, 17 May 2025
Verb
  • Vanities, cupboards, and closets were custom-made in Italy; windows and glass doors were sourced in Germany; and some of the textiles were transported from Africa.
    Tori Latham, Robb Report, 30 May 2025
  • McArthur Mathis was transported to The Cross Creek Psychiatric and Addiction Hospital on Wednesday after being in custody in Grimes County since he was arrested Jan. 2 on multiple warrants.
    Christina Shaw, FOXNews.com, 30 May 2025
Verb
  • People used carts to ferry the dead and wounded to the field hospital.
    MOHAMMAD JAHJOUH, Chicago Tribune, 1 June 2025
  • SpaceX's next-generation rocket is designed to eventually ferry cargo and private and government crews between the Earth, the Moon, and Mars.
    ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 28 May 2025
Verb
  • The show will be packed with huge stars, exclusive reveals, and live performances for fans.
    DeVonne Goode, Parents, 29 May 2025
  • Lorde is packing her forthcoming studio album, Virgin, with visceral feelings.
    Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 29 May 2025
Verb
  • That’s when Trump called for an aide to bring to him a stack of articles about violent attacks on white farmers and dim the lights to bring the room’s attention to a large flat screen TV set up along a wall of the Oval Office.
    Brian Bennett, Time, 22 May 2025
  • Preliminary purchasing managers’ index data will be released for France and the U.K. CNBC will also be bringing you interviews from the Barclays leadership conference, focusing on energy, geopolitics and sector-specific challenges.
    Holly Ellyatt, CNBC, 22 May 2025

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“Cart.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cart. Accessed 4 Jun. 2025.

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