1
as in to burden
to place a weight or burden on
students complaining that their teachers were loading them with work
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as in to fill
to put into (something) as much as can be held or contained
she loaded her plate at the buffet with as much food as she could carry and with more than any sane person should eat
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as in loading
a mass or quantity of something taken up and carried, conveyed, or transported
hoisted a load of grain on the truck going to Florida
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as in ton
loads plural
a considerable amount
there's no rush, since we've got loads of time left
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Recent Examples of load
Gabrielle Starr, Boston Herald, 21 June 2025
Andrew Benintendi came up with the bases loaded and the Chicago White Sox down four runs in the bottom of the seventh during Game 2 of Thursday’s doubleheader against the St. Louis Cardinals.
—Lamond Pope, Chicago Tribune, 20 June 2025
Deni Ellis Béchard, Scientific American, 18 June 2025
If one of us had a cold the other would step up and pull a heavier load in terms of singing.
—Jan Gradvall
june 17, Literary Hub, 17 June 2025
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Verb
San Francisco retook the lead when Koss ground into his second run-scoring double play; according to the Associated Press’ Josh Dubow, Koss is just the third player in the last 50 years to ground into multiple run-scoring double plays with the bases loaded in the same game.
—Gabrielle Starr, Boston Herald, 21 June 2025
Andrew Benintendi came up with the bases loaded and the Chicago White Sox down four runs in the bottom of the seventh during Game 2 of Thursday’s doubleheader against the St. Louis Cardinals.
—Lamond Pope, Chicago Tribune, 20 June 2025
Noun
Then, upon impact, the rounded shape spreads the initial crushing load gradually through the bomb’s steel casing instead of concentrating it at one brittle point.
—Deni Ellis Béchard, Scientific American, 18 June 2025
If one of us had a cold the other would step up and pull a heavier load in terms of singing.
—Jan Gradvall
june 17, Literary Hub, 17 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for load
Verb
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You might feel caught in ingrained reactions, wishing for different responses or burdened by the sense that despite achievements, something vital is missing.—
Neerja Bhatia,
Forbes.com,
23 June 2025
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They might have been burdened with the weight of Indian expectations on their shoulders at Headingley.—
Paul Newman,
New York Times,
20 June 2025
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The farm—which is, in fact, an enormous warehouse—is filled with lettuce seedlings growing under banks of lights in a mist of chemicals.—
Elizabeth Kolbert,
New Yorker,
23 June 2025
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Send three thoughtful messages daily and watch your pipeline fill with warm leads.—
Jodie Cook,
Forbes.com,
23 June 2025
Noun
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Four cameras followed Tucker during his walk in from a loading dock located, fittingly, in the right-field corner.—
Chandler Rome,
New York Times,
28 June 2025
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Silver loading refers to when insurers increase premiums for silver-level health insurance plans in order to offset the cost of subsidies.—
Alejandra O’Connell-Domenech,
The Hill,
26 June 2025
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Mullen is taking over a winning culture cultivated by former head coach Barry Odom, but the Rebels lost a ton of talent to graduation, especially on the defensive side of the ball.—
Jason Kirk,
New York Times,
21 June 2025
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Outside of Malik Nabers, Brian Thomas Jr, Xavier Worthy, and Ladd McConkey, there are not a ton of big names left.—
Steve Bradshaw,
Forbes.com,
21 June 2025
Verb
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The formula underwent near-constant tweaks, eventually to a point where human polls were heavily weighted and the computer ratings acted almost as a tiebreaker.—
Ralph D. Russo,
New York Times,
17 June 2025
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What To Expect With five FOMC meetings remaining in 2025, any change in interest rates is expected to be weighted towards later in the year.—
Simon Moore,
Forbes.com,
15 June 2025
Verb
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These waterproof shoe bags are a game-changer for anyone who packs an extra pair of shoes.—
Michael Cappetta,
Travel + Leisure,
22 June 2025
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Your hands/fingers are enough, no need to really pack it down with a measuring cup.—
Kimberly Holland,
Southern Living,
22 June 2025
Noun
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The goal is a 10% increase in booster performance over the boosters used on Artemis I. That would equate to SLS being able to carry another 11,000 pounds of payload to lunar orbit.—
Richard Tribou,
The Orlando Sentinel,
28 June 2025
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Those payloads include private Earth-observing satellites, such as Capella Space's Capella-17 synthetic aperture radar craft, and Starfish Space's Otter Pup 2, which will attempt to perform the first-ever commercial docking in LEO later this year.—
Mike Wall,
Space.com,
23 June 2025
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These flaky hand pies stuffed with sweet-tart cherries are the perfect two-bite desserts for topping off a full Fourth of July spread.—
Patricia S York,
Southern Living,
27 June 2025
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Mensah stuffed his 6-foot-10 frame into it … for 12½ hours.—
Mark Zeigler,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
26 June 2025
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“Load.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/load. Accessed 3 Jul. 2025.
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