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
Senior Reporter, PC Magazine, 19 Sep. 2025
Password Overload Password overload is one of the most significant issues organizations and employees face.
—Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
Kimberlee Speakman, PEOPLE, 13 Sep. 2025
In particular, Denver’s staff noted the Colts’ propensity to overload pressure on one side of the formation in late-down situations to ensure a free rusher.
—Luca Evans, Denver Post, 12 Sep. 2025
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Verb
Add PCMag as a preferred source on Google UPDATE 9/19: Meta’s CTO has weighed in on its demo failures to blame network overload and an obscure bug for the incidents.
—Senior Reporter, PC Magazine, 19 Sep. 2025
Password Overload Password overload is one of the most significant issues organizations and employees face.
—Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
Noun
This means that the boat may have been overloaded beyond its weight capacity or had its weight distributed unevenly across, per the Trident Marine Group.
—Kimberlee Speakman, PEOPLE, 13 Sep. 2025
In particular, Denver’s staff noted the Colts’ propensity to overload pressure on one side of the formation in late-down situations to ensure a free rusher.
—Luca Evans, Denver Post, 12 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for overload
Verb
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When Harrison loaded the bases and gave up an RBI single and two-run double, Cora could wait no longer.—
Gabrielle Starr,
Boston Herald,
27 Sep. 2025
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Morgan Wallen is locked and loaded in a new teaser for Battlefield 6.—
Mitchell Peters,
Billboard,
27 Sep. 2025
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That may well be called prescience, but without more dramatic ballast, whether or not Family’s rage was ahead of its time becomes a less compelling question.—
Sara Holdren,
Vulture,
17 Sep. 2025
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Wealthy individuals often view these assets as the ballast of their portfolios.—
Jaime Catmull,
Forbes.com,
15 Sep. 2025
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Numerous studies indicate that physicians have increasingly become overburdened with non-clinical tasks that routinely pull them away from direct patient care; in fact, many hospital systems are facing record attrition due to these factors.—
Forbes.com,
Forbes.com,
26 Aug. 2025
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Rural fire districts are overburdened, underfunded State regulations appear to place the highest burden on the agencies with the lowest budgets.—
Daniel Lempres,
Sacbee.com,
12 Aug. 2025
Noun
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In 2018, a federal court ruled that parts of Texas’ credit card surcharge ban violated the First Amendment.—
Tiffani Jackson,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
26 Sep. 2025
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Transmission delivery charges are outside of the base rate, passed through to ratepayers as a separate surcharge on their monthly bill.—
PJ Green,
Kansas City Star,
25 Sep. 2025
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This recipe has cabbage leaves stuffed with a delicious mixture of meat, pork, and rice.—
Emma Ashe,
Southern Living,
1 Oct. 2025
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The pasta is stuffed with a huitlacoche and parmesan paste in a dish that is meant to showcase the full lifecycle of corn.—
Sara Rosenthal,
Denver Post,
30 Sep. 2025
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Thursday, the city of San Diego’s Planning Commission voted unanimously to recommend for City Council adoption a sweeping package of project land-use documents.—
Jennifer Van Grove,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
25 Sep. 2025
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Debbie is another entrant who gets her own intro package.—
Ali Barthwell,
Vulture,
25 Sep. 2025
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One month after taking power, Syrian security forces seized a shipment of heavy ammunition destined for Hezbollah in Lebanon, once a key ally of the Assad regime and Iran’s Axis of Resistance.—
Chris Massaro,
FOXNews.com,
24 Sep. 2025
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Nigeria sends first gasoline shipment to US A $19-billion refinery in Nigeria sent its first shipment of gasoline to the US, marking a new chapter for the country as a major fuel exporter.—
semafor.com,
semafor.com,
19 Sep. 2025
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Coast Guard members unloaded bales of cocaine from the cutter Midgett at the Marine Terminal in Barrio Logan on Thursday.—
San Diego Union-Tribune,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
26 Sep. 2025
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Way to Celebrate Pumpkin Outdoor Coir Mat I’m all about curb appeal, and come fall, my favorite thing to do is adorn my front porch with colorful, vibrant mums, hay bales, scarecrows, and other seasonal decor.—
Alicia Geigel,
Southern Living,
25 Sep. 2025
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“Overload.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overload. Accessed 2 Oct. 2025.
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