as in to load
to fill or load to excess
try not to overload your backpack, or you could end up with back problems
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Recent Examples of overload
Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 18 Oct. 2025
Your mind isn’t tired—it’s overloaded with unfinished business.
—Lydia Patrick, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Oct. 2025
Preston Fore, Fortune, 21 Oct. 2025
Chronic workplace strain and cognitive overload have become the norm.
—Elan Gepner-Dales, Rolling Stone, 17 Oct. 2025
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Verb
Avoid overloading the washing machine basket to allow water to circulate freely throughout the load.
—Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 18 Oct. 2025
Your mind isn’t tired—it’s overloaded with unfinished business.
—Lydia Patrick, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Oct. 2025
Noun
In an era of AI avatars and digital overload, something as simple as a handwritten note can feel like a relic of the past.
—Preston Fore, Fortune, 21 Oct. 2025
Chronic workplace strain and cognitive overload have become the norm.
—Elan Gepner-Dales, Rolling Stone, 17 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for overload
Verb
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But if the government doesn't reopen soon, these cards will not be loaded.—
Aliss Higham,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 Oct. 2025
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Three Jays pushed runs across with the bases loaded in the sixth.—
Fabian Ardaya,
New York Times,
25 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Cheaper options or knock-offs tend to come with flimsy sockets, buzzing ballasts, or unreliable switches, which can make rooms look cheap or dated far sooner than expected and even create fire hazards.—
Lauren Bengtson,
Better Homes & Gardens,
25 Oct. 2025
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For this is sacred time, time out of time, without ballast or anchor, without leash or link.—
Joy Williams,
Harpers Magazine,
24 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Frail, undernourished, lacking sufficient clothing, and shoeless, Kammo is overburdened by chores and in constant fear of chastisement.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
30 Oct. 2025
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Educators are already overburdened and under-resourced, Juchems said.—
Natalie Eilbert,
jsonline.com,
13 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Some high-profile executives have indeed decamped for lower-tax states because of the surcharge.—
Fortune,
Fortune,
21 Oct. 2025
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The company has added a 15% tariff surcharge to products to offset the cost of tariffs.—
Gabrielle Fonrouge,
CNBC,
17 Oct. 2025
Verb
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The 6-4, 330-pound Pennel, who has been part of two Chiefs Super Bowl-championship teams, is considered a run-stuffing lineman.—
Blair Kerkhoff,
Kansas City Star,
29 Oct. 2025
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Made in minutes in the skillet with only precooked cornmeal, water and salt, the corn cake’s fate is to be sliced partway, then stuffed with whatever appeals.—
The Washington Post,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
29 Oct. 2025
Noun
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The cable alternative’s packages offer NBC and USA Network, along with more than 90 other channels — such as ABC, Fox, ESPN, Fox Sports, NBA TV and others.—
Rudie Obias,
HollywoodReporter,
30 Oct. 2025
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Handling booster disputes This sort of altercation was common at colleges when athletic departments started tying donations to seat locations of season ticket packages.—
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
30 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Transshipping typically sees importers sending items from a country that is not the shipment’s actual country of origin to avoid higher duties or specific scrutiny.—
Meghan Hall,
Sourcing Journal,
31 Oct. 2025
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The organization is accepting donations of cash and equipment including turn-key renewable power, water and shelter technologies for rapid shipment.—
N'dea Yancey-Bragg,
USA Today,
29 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Departing from Greenbank Station in Wilmington, this ride trades traditional passenger cars for flatbed railcars lined with hay bales, giving travelers the feel of an open-air hay wagon.—
Kristine Hansen,
Travel + Leisure,
29 Oct. 2025
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Dressed as Pokémon characters, third-year attendees Bryan and Sheri Allbaugh were taking pictures by the festive hay bales with their daughter, Lith.—
Amy Stark Shireman,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
28 Oct. 2025
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“Overload.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overload. Accessed 5 Nov. 2025.
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