as in load
a mass or quantity of something taken up and carried, conveyed, or transported
the accident was caused by an 18-wheeler with a loading in excess of the legal limit
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as in filling
to place a weight or burden on
students complaining that their teachers were loading them with work
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as in packing
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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Recent Examples of loading
Alysa Guffey, IndyStar, 6 Oct. 2025
Parking and loading stability are provided by a double-leg center kickstand, and a low-step frame offers easy access.
—New Atlas, 6 Oct. 2025
Fabian Ardaya, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025
First steps in that process occurred last week, when the Chokai practiced loading dummy Tomahawk munitions into its vertical launch cells.
—Brad Lendon, CNN Money, 1 Oct. 2025
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Noun
Located next to the loading dock is a door to a Westin security room.
—Alysa Guffey, IndyStar, 6 Oct. 2025
Parking and loading stability are provided by a double-leg center kickstand, and a low-step frame offers easy access.
—New Atlas, 6 Oct. 2025
Verb
After the Dodgers went ahead with a pair of runs in the fourth, the Reds had a chance to reclaim the lead when TJ Friedl, Spencer Steer and Gavin Lux hit back-to-back singles, loading the bases with no outs.
—Fabian Ardaya, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025
First steps in that process occurred last week, when the Chokai practiced loading dummy Tomahawk munitions into its vertical launch cells.
—Brad Lendon, CNN Money, 1 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for loading
Noun
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This dual-purpose design requires exceptional stiffness, vibration control, and precision engineering, allowing heavy highway loads and high-speed rail traffic to share the same structure safely.—
Kaif Shaikh,
Interesting Engineering,
3 Oct. 2025
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The Short model has a maximum rear load of 70 kg (154 lb), which can heft groceries/gear or carry up to two kids on optional seating.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
3 Oct. 2025
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Rite Aid first filed for bankruptcy in October 2023, largely because of competition from bigger chains and its debt pile, which topped $4 billion due to expensive legal battles for allegedly filling unlawful opioid prescriptions.—
Auzinea Bacon,
CNN Money,
4 Oct. 2025
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Doing things for me would be washing my car or filling up my tank.—
Virginia Chamlee,
PEOPLE,
4 Oct. 2025
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Shop even more clothes and shoes worth packing, up to 75 percent off, ahead.—
Genevieve Cepeda,
Travel + Leisure,
6 Oct. 2025
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Add onion slices in one layer, packing tightly.—
Ann Taylor Pittman,
Southern Living,
5 Oct. 2025
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SpaceX additionally benefits from billions of dollars in contracts from NASA and the Department of Defense by providing launch services for classified satellites and other payloads.—
Eric Lagatta,
AZCentral.com,
7 Oct. 2025
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Most variants will use fuel-efficient hybrid-electric propulsion, while larger models will employ conventional drivetrains for extended range and higher payload capacity.—
Kapil Kajal,
Interesting Engineering,
7 Oct. 2025
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Early expansion through franchisees lets founders avoid burdening corporate capital with every new location.—
Gary Occhiogrosso,
Forbes.com,
15 Sep. 2025
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Hopefully, leaders will make the transition to autonomous service before burdening consumers with even higher sales tax rates.—
Marc Joffe,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
11 Sep. 2025
Noun
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That gave me strength because the work of trying to break through and communicate with my mom is really too heavy of a burden for me.—
Raven Brunner,
PEOPLE,
4 Oct. 2025
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Critics also argued that certain protections, like manual comment-hiding, place the burden on teens themselves rather than preventing harm upfront.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
4 Oct. 2025
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And once on the list, companies are subject to quarterly re-weighting to reflect their relative significance.—
Jeff John Roberts,
Fortune,
2 Oct. 2025
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Construction on the Huajiang Grand Canyon Bridge began in 2022 with a test involving 96 trucks, weighting around 3,300 tons combined, having been successfully completed on August 25.—
James Bickerton,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 Sep. 2025
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The challenge was a very physical obstacle course involving cargo nets, wide-step bridges, digging up ladders, opening rope gates and scaling ramps.—
Dalton Ross,
Entertainment Weekly,
2 Oct. 2025
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Some of this trade movement has also resulted in more cargo bound for East Coast ports.—
Sarah Jones,
Sourcing Journal,
2 Oct. 2025
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“Loading.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/loading. Accessed 10 Oct. 2025.
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