trucking

noun

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

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The world’s largest container shipping firm by tonnage carried will operate a trucking service from King Abdullah to Dammam Port, where feeder vessels will pick up cargo and sail it to major ports throughout the Persian Gulf. Glenn Taylor, Footwear News, 4 May 2026 There are a few fights on the horizon as the federal government is challenging California’s ability to protect trans student-athletes against discrimination, set its own climate emission standards, and grant trucking licenses to immigrants. Lia Russell may 3, Sacbee.com, 3 May 2026 Levy wrote a book about the way affective computing and other forms of biometric surveillance have been deployed in the trucking industry—a field that, due to its mobile and distributed workforce, was long immune to surveillance. Ellen Cushing, The Atlantic, 3 May 2026 The company's roots go back to 1983, when the airline was spun off from a trucking company. Megan Cerullo, CBS News, 2 May 2026 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 7 May. 2026.

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