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Recent Examples of carrying charge
Beyond the realm of the physical world, where particles are involved in simple roles like carrying charge or existing as matter, there is the quantum world, where particles pass through solid barriers or communicate via large distances even though they are not connected in any manner.
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Ameya Paleja, Interesting Engineering, 3 Feb. 2025
The report also said that carrying charges — the monthly payments made by members — had not kept up with the rising costs of operating the co-op and between 50 to 100 residents did not pay those charges on time.
—Lizzie Kane, Chicago Tribune, 18 Nov. 2024
As a result, most of the battery's volume and bulk is dedicated to things that don't contribute to carrying charges between the electrodes, which sets a limit on the sorts of energy densities that these technologies can reach.
—John Timmer, Ars Technica, 6 Feb. 2023
Co-op residents — often referred to as member-owners — pay monthly fees called carrying charges.
—Nneka McGuire and Nicholas Padiak, chicagotribune.com, 16 Apr. 2018
He was charged once before with a weapons offense in 2014, but that unlawful carry charge was dropped when he was convicted of driving while intoxicated.
—Keri Blakinger, Houston Chronicle, 2 Jan. 2018
The paper, published in the journal Joule, details how scientists added a compound made up of phosphorus and sulfur elements to the electrolyte liquid, which carries charge within batteries.
—NBC News, 13 Dec. 2017
One of the clearest examples is the fractional quantum Hall effect, in which instead of an electron that carries charge as the building block, one observes the fundamental building block to be fragments of an electron that carry fractional charges.
—Quanta Magazine, 9 June 2016
Ameya Paleja, Interesting Engineering, 3 Feb. 2025
The report also said that carrying charges — the monthly payments made by members — had not kept up with the rising costs of operating the co-op and between 50 to 100 residents did not pay those charges on time.
—Lizzie Kane, Chicago Tribune, 18 Nov. 2024
As a result, most of the battery's volume and bulk is dedicated to things that don't contribute to carrying charges between the electrodes, which sets a limit on the sorts of energy densities that these technologies can reach.
—John Timmer, Ars Technica, 6 Feb. 2023
Co-op residents — often referred to as member-owners — pay monthly fees called carrying charges.
—Nneka McGuire and Nicholas Padiak, chicagotribune.com, 16 Apr. 2018
He was charged once before with a weapons offense in 2014, but that unlawful carry charge was dropped when he was convicted of driving while intoxicated.
—Keri Blakinger, Houston Chronicle, 2 Jan. 2018
The paper, published in the journal Joule, details how scientists added a compound made up of phosphorus and sulfur elements to the electrolyte liquid, which carries charge within batteries.
—NBC News, 13 Dec. 2017
One of the clearest examples is the fractional quantum Hall effect, in which instead of an electron that carries charge as the building block, one observes the fundamental building block to be fragments of an electron that carry fractional charges.
—Quanta Magazine, 9 June 2016
Recent Examples of Synonyms for carrying charge
Noun
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Professional styling is often an additional service charge at a stylist’s discretion.—
Hunter Lacey,
Allure,
9 Apr. 2026
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Tax/service charge not included.—
Amy Drew Thompson,
The Orlando Sentinel,
26 Mar. 2026
Noun
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While well below the Mountain View per-unit price, the Sunnyvale deal was generally at a similar level as some recent apartment transactions in South San Jose.—
George Avalos,
Mercury News,
12 Jan. 2026
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The publication suggests that the unit price could be as low as $10,000, signaling Beijing’s push to make advanced loitering munitions affordable for mass deployment.—
Bojan Stojkovski,
Interesting Engineering,
2 Nov. 2025
Noun
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But, curiously, participants had the highest solve rate when the puzzles appeared in ordinary dreams, not lucid ones.—
Shayla Love,
New Yorker,
1 May 2026
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For example, through the department’s Civil Rights Data Collection, Cohen and Smith Richards were able to determine that a special-education district in Illinois had the highest rate of student arrests of any school in the country.—
Charles Ornstein,
ProPublica,
30 Apr. 2026
Noun
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The club was put on sale 16 months ago by its ownership group.—
Anne M. Peterson,
Chicago Tribune,
1 May 2026
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The group, originally signed to RCA Records, released two albums of bustling synth pop and opened for Harry Styles in the late twenty-tens but was cast off in the early days of the pandemic owing to low sales.—
Dan Stahl,
New Yorker,
1 May 2026
Noun
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The demonstration also touched on various issues that Americans have been facing including the rising cost of food and gas due in part to tariffs, the war in Iran and immigration sweeps that experts have said contributed to a shortage of agricultural workers.—
Ruben Vives,
Los Angeles Times,
2 May 2026
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China's official Xinhua News Agency said a shipment of 24 metric tons of apples from South Africa that cleared customs in Shenzhen in the early hours of Friday was the first batch of goods to enter under the new zero-tariff policy.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
1 May 2026
Noun
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Paying taxes with a credit card Paying taxes with a credit card is another notable exception, since the surcharge is often lower.—
Jason Stauffer,
CNBC,
27 Apr. 2026
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At the third and highest level, many types of outdoor watering are prohibited or restricted, and surcharge programs are implemented.—
Dan Raby,
CBS News,
27 Apr. 2026
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DeCosta, like most other GMs, had expected Hendrickson to be off the board by then, but a surprisingly soft market dropped the player’s asking price.—
Michael Silver,
New York Times,
27 Apr. 2026
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In the show, Ashe acquires it for the full $20 million asking price in an all-cash deal.—
Abby Montanez,
Robb Report,
24 Apr. 2026
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“Carrying charge.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/carrying%20charge. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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