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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2
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, 7 May 2026
Adidas has loaded up on stars, including Timothée Chalamet and a grip of soccer legends from past and present, for its new World Cup short film.
—Ian Servantes, Footwear News, 7 May 2026
Brittany Lubeck, Verywell Health, 4 May 2026
Between 2018 and early 2025, radiology case loads skyrocketed 25%, according to the Journal of the American College of Radiology.
—Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez, Fortune, 4 May 2026
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Verb
The Tigers loaded the bases in the second, on a leadoff double by Riley Greene and back-to-back two-out walks to Zach McKinstry and Spencer Torkelson.
—Gabrielle Starr, Boston Herald, 7 May 2026
Adidas has loaded up on stars, including Timothée Chalamet and a grip of soccer legends from past and present, for its new World Cup short film.
—Ian Servantes, Footwear News, 7 May 2026
Noun
Protein lowers the glycemic load and blood sugar response.
—Brittany Lubeck, Verywell Health, 4 May 2026
Between 2018 and early 2025, radiology case loads skyrocketed 25%, according to the Journal of the American College of Radiology.
—Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez, Fortune, 4 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for load
Verb
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If these safeguards advance, why is the emphasis not on reforming underlying financing practices—including deferred interest and retroactive interest models—rather than further burdening providers who are attempting to offer patients a lawful payment pathway when traditional coverage fails them?—
Letters to the Editor,
Hartford Courant,
1 May 2026
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The proposal would burden doctors with giving parents a highly detailed consent statement to be prepared by boards of medicine and osteopathic medicine, and forbid health authorities to order vaccinations during outbreaks of familiar or new deadly diseases.—
Orlando Sentinel,
The Orlando Sentinel,
29 Apr. 2026
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As officers chased him through a busy crosswalk filled with pedestrians, Marx turned and fired in the direction of a Secret Service officer, documents say.—
Sarah Rumpf-Whitten,
FOXNews.com,
7 May 2026
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In a special Senate primary to fill the seat vacated when Vice President JD Vance was inaugurated, Sherrod Brown won the Democratic primary, and Republican John Husted, who was appointed to Vance's seat, ran uncontested for the GOP nomination.—
Kathryn Palmer,
USA Today,
6 May 2026
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Observable loadings have declined since the blockade, although the data can be difficult to interpret and often shows up on a delay.—
Anthony Di Paola,
Fortune,
2 May 2026
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Hinchey is accused of chasing the woman, whose identity has not been released, to the store's loading dock area.—
Madison E. Goldberg,
PEOPLE,
30 Apr. 2026
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From 2002 to 2020, roughly 164 billion tons of Antarctic ice melted per year, according to NASA.—
Sam McNeil,
Los Angeles Times,
7 May 2026
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Wu Tsai helped catalyze this tipping point, personally investing tons of money into a team whose toniest perk used to be an MTA pass for free subway rides.—
Yohana Desta,
Vanity Fair,
7 May 2026
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That projection is based on the player’s performance in each metric over the last three seasons (five for goalies), weighted for recency where more recent seasons carry more significance and regressed to the mean.—
Dom Luszczyszyn,
New York Times,
7 May 2026
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Organizations whose profiles do not cleanly match should weight reversibility and blast radius most heavily.—
Jeffrey Sonnenfeld,
Fortune,
2 May 2026
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Former First Lady Laura Bush is credited with putting these delicious cookies—packed with oats, coconut, pecans, and chocolate chips—on the map.—
Kaitlyn Yarborough,
Southern Living,
6 May 2026
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Douglas Tollefsen, one of the five defendants facing murder charges, is said to have tested fireworks inside the warehouse — packed with explosives — months before the blast according to Berry and other sources.—
Joe Rubin,
Sacbee.com,
6 May 2026
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The other payloads followed suit over the next hour and a half.—
Mike Wall,
Space.com,
3 May 2026
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First will be a SpaceX cargo Dragon on the CRS-35 mission with another 7,200 pounds of payload including roll-out solar arrays for the station.—
Richard Tribou,
The Orlando Sentinel,
2 May 2026
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But Cuellar had a kill, Chang found an empty spot on the defense, Epperson hit a winner and Chang stuffed Mission Viejo’s Brady Madland for a 23-18 lead.—
Martin Henderson,
Oc Register,
2 May 2026
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Mal drugged Fiona at the Halloween party, then took her up to the honeymoon suite and stuffed her into the dumbwaiter, sending it down to the basement and leaving her there to die.—
Louis Peitzman,
Vulture,
1 May 2026
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“Load.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/load. Accessed 9 May. 2026.
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