as in loaded
to place a weight or burden on
laden a ship with emergency medical supplies
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Recent Examples of ladened
Muñoz and Botello, both seniors at the school, watched as more than 50 students packed a narrow hallway after school, waiting to check out a second-floor classroom lined with racks of clothes and tables ladened with hygiene items, stickers and trinkets.
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Vincent T. Davis,
San Antonio Express-News,
9 Feb. 2026
For $90, a platter will hit your table ladened with a tin of caviar, six golden gorditas each the size of a blini, and puréed ayocote beans for dolloping.
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The Bon Appétit Staff,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
12 Sep. 2025
Vincent T. Davis,
San Antonio Express-News,
9 Feb. 2026
For $90, a platter will hit your table ladened with a tin of caviar, six golden gorditas each the size of a blini, and puréed ayocote beans for dolloping.
—
The Bon Appétit Staff,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
12 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for ladened
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During the last homestand, the day after the bottom of the order struck out consecutively with the bases loaded in what became a walk-off win against the Baltimore Orioles, Roberts called over Ryan Ward and Alex Freeland in the dugout during batting practice.
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Detroit, though, loaded the bases with one out in the third on a walk, Altuve's fielding error and a hit batter.
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Back in Iran, hundreds of people filled Tajrish Square, where ceremonies for the third Shia Imam, Husayn ibn Ali, were taking place as not far away others celebrated the resilience shown by their soccer team against a Belgian side packed with stars like Kevin de Bruyne and Leandro Trossard.
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The sleek style paired well with her glass skin and shimmery eyes, which were stamped with a rainbow of charcoal-blue and brown shadow and filled with a white sparkle in the waterline.
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“Ladened.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ladened. Accessed 2 Jul. 2026.
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