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lad·en | \ ˈlā-dᵊn 
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\Definition of laden
(Entry 1 of 2)
: carrying a load or burden
laden
verbladened; ladening\ ˈlād-niŋ , ˈlā-dᵊn-iŋ \
, ˈlā-dᵊn-iŋ \Definition of laden (Entry 2 of 2)
: lade heavily ladened with equipment— Isabel M. Lewis
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Examples of laden in a Sentence
Verb laden a ship with emergency medical supplies
Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective The Rangers, who won 19 games last season with a senior-laden team, are rising again with six straight wins and an emerging core to go with steady seniors Nate Mims and Antonio Crockett.
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Matt Goul, cleveland, "Another homecoming, higher stakes for Brush-Cleveland Heights rematch: District tournament takeaways," 2 Mar. 2020 Gervais, who opened the show with an expletive-laden round of jokes and jabs, said Netflix had taken over Hollywood.
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CBS News, "Golden Globes 2020: Complete list of winners," 6 Jan. 2020 But one aspect is relatively straightforward: Pompeo's assertion and Kelly's denial that the post-interview imbroglio in which Kelly claims Pompeo berated her in an F-bomb-laden tirade was supposed to be off the record.
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Jamie Mcintyre, Washington Examiner, "Memo to Mike Pompeo: Nothing is ever totally off the record," 30 Jan. 2020 His new nemesis is Gigante, and one main strand of the plot is their escalating battle, carried out partly with guns but largely through insult-laden face-offs, in which Whitaker’s reserve plays off D’Onofrio’s eccentric volatility.
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Mike Hale, New York Times, "Review: A New Godfather, in Harlem This Time," 29 Sep. 2019 Twelve Spanish galleons laden with treasures from the New World were bound for Spain on July 31, 1715, but 11 were lost during a hurricane off the coast of Florida.
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USA TODAY, "Mormon crickets, luchador grackle, buried treasure: News from around our 50 states," 3 Mar. 2020 Twelve Spanish galleons laden with treasures from the New World were bound for Spain on July 31, 1715, but 11 were lost during a hurricane off the coast of Florida.
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CBS News, "Florida man finds trove of valuable treasures from 1715 shipwreck," 3 Mar. 2020 Under O’Brady’s unrelenting pressure, according to Gundlfinger and other trip members, the group skied more than 12 hours a day on little sleep and sometimes covering more than 20 miles at a time while pulling heavy sleds laden with their supplies.
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National Geographic, "His tale of crossing Antarctica was riveting. But how much was fiction?," 3 Feb. 2020 That trophy-laden hip-hop portrait of America’s founding fathers redefined what a Broadway musical could be, finding an authenticity and vitality in the lives of those long dead through a defiantly contemporary sound.
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Ben Brantley, New York Times, "‘Freestyle Love Supreme’ Review: Hip-Hop Saves the World," 2 Oct. 2019 Recent Examples on the Web: Verb Leesburg’s only loss was 79-70 against West Oaks, a talent-ladened team that plays outside the FHSAA, on Dec. 2, at the Breast Cancer Awareness Classic at Oak Ridge.
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Buddy Collings, OrlandoSentinel.com, "Can Leesburg stretch streak? Can Oak Ridge bounce back? | Basketball News," 9 Feb. 2018 But that context — including who shouts the phrase and who studiously avoids uttering it — has ladened it with pernicious meaning in particular quarters.
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Max Fisher, New York Times, "Gays, Guns and Jihad: Motives Blur on Closer Scrutiny JUNE 14, 2016," 16 June 2016
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laden
adjectiveEnglish Language Learners Definition of laden
: loaded heavily with something : having or carrying a large amount of something
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laden
adjectivelad·en | \ ˈlā-dᵊn \
\Kids Definition of laden
: heavily loaded
The truck was laden with gravel.
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