carting

verb

present participle of cart
as in carrying
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 carting At least 76 heritage sites and 20 museums have been ransacked by the RSF and run-of-the-mill thieves, officials say, carting off an archaeological haul worth more than $150 million. — Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 8 Sep. 2026 In fact, SpaceXAI was carting gas turbines to its data centers as the IPO neared. — Olivia Raimonde, Fortune, 12 Aug. 2026 No, no, Moss opted for carting around a luxurious black Hermès Birkin bag, complete with gold hardware (to match the jewels, of course). — Christian Allaire, Vogue, 5 Aug. 2026 She was later photographed leaving the White House carting a large white box and other bags, which sources said contained all of the evidence collected from the Interior Department that exculpated Hearn and several others from criminal vandalism. — Sarah N. Lynch, CBS News, 4 Aug. 2026 Darren wants to bulldoze the minigolf course to expand his go carting empire and fulfill his NazzKart dream. — Peter White, Deadline, 17 July 2026 Many patients visit the renowned clinic looking for a third or fourth opinion, carting with them unsorted documents from external health systems. — Clare Duffy, CNN Money, 16 July 2026 The Joyward Jumbo Beach Tote is a $20 floral tote bag from CVS that is spacious enough to hold all of your essentials this summer, whether you’re headed to the beach, jetting off on vacation, or carting your computer to a local coffee shop to log some hours of work. — Jessie Quinn, StyleCaster, 23 June 2026 Four years later, his old friend Paul Rayburn (Bobby Cannavale) arrives to rescue him from himself, carting him down to Rio, where Rayburn is working for a security company on a construction site — there is a presidential election coming, and protests are feared. — Robert Lloyd, Houston Chronicle, 1 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for carting
  1. carrying
  2. hauling
  3. ferrying
  4. transporting
Verb
  • Nobody is accountable for carrying that signal across the business, another way of saying nobody owns it.
    — Jay Lee, Forbes.com, 13 Oct. 2026
  • The cost of carrying a credit card balance and getting a car loan have also increased.
    — Matt Egan, CNN Money, 13 Oct. 2026
Definition of carrying
Verb
  • For now, Starship's most immediate role is hauling Starlink satellites in orbit.
    — Andrew Jones, Space.com, 14 Oct. 2026
  • Kodiak has spent four years hauling IKEA freight on this route with a safety observer aboard.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 12 Oct. 2026
Definition of hauling
Verb
  • Residents of some leafy New York City suburbs say their peace and quiet is being shattered by helicopters ferrying even wealthier travelers out to the Hamptons, according to new reporting.
    — Deirdre Bardolf, FOXNews.com, 9 Oct. 2026
  • High costs But shippers are ferrying crude through Hormuz at high cost to the lives of their crews and in freight and insurance rates, Bockmann said.
    — Spencer Kimball, CNBC, 6 Oct. 2026
Definition of ferrying
Verb
  • Typically custom-designed using specialized steel, some are so massive that transporting them can require moving power lines.
    — Alex Pasternack, Scientific American, 20 Oct. 2026
  • However, carrying mission equipment presents different engineering challenges than transporting conventional cargo.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 17 Oct. 2026
Definition of transporting

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“Carting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/carting. Accessed 20 Oct. 2026.

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