unload
verb (used with object)
to take the load from; remove the cargo or freight from.
is unloading
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present progressiveof unload (3rd person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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Comcast is unloading the channels because it believes the mature outlets face a bleak future due to pay TV cord-cutting and are an albatross weighing down its stock price.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 27, 2025
Why is unloading a fortune so unusual, in a country that has minted 50 new billionaires in the past year alone?
From Washington Post ● Sep. 16, 2022
The world's largest cargo ship has arrived in the UK where it is unloading 3,267 containers.
From BBC ● Jun. 20, 2022
Unless our writer is unloading like they would on a therapist with regularity, I suspect they need a perfectly providable amount of attention and emotion.
From Slate ● Nov. 1, 2020
One day I’m going by the fish co-op when a big sport-fishing boat is unloading.
From "The Young Man and the Sea" by Rodman Philbrick
