as in ton
a considerable amount a boatload of publicity for the new handheld devices

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Recent Examples on the Web Final tally: five mandatory agreements, and a boatload of optional agreements. Antonio G. Di Benedetto, The Verge, 18 Sep. 2024 The government used to pay for all the vaccines, including boatloads of money to the pharmaceutical companies to develop and manufacture the vaccines. Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes, 6 Sep. 2024 Based on a yacht in the harbour, she was shielded from boatloads of paparazzi by the might of the Yugoslav Navy, which President Tito had whistled up to protect her. James Rampton, theweek, 29 Aug. 2024 At the same time, as various media outlets try to find a way to protect their content from AI, publishers like The New York Times and a boatload of music labels are in lawsuits over AI appropriation of content without renumeration or attribution. Dominic Patten, Deadline, 5 Aug. 2024 See all Example Sentences for boatload 

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“Boatload.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/boatload. Accessed 31 Oct. 2024.

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