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
Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, Miami Herald, 9 Apr. 2026
Someone invents the shipping container to make loading and unloading cargo at ports faster and easier.
—Literary Hub, 8 Apr. 2026
Peter Elkind, ProPublica, 9 Apr. 2026
Crochet opened the seventh at 89 pitches and allowed two singles and a walk, loading the bases with one out.
—Jen McCaffrey, New York Times, 8 Apr. 2026
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Noun
Front-loading machines are especially prone to this because moisture can get trapped in the rubber door gasket.
—Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, Miami Herald, 9 Apr. 2026
Someone invents the shipping container to make loading and unloading cargo at ports faster and easier.
—Literary Hub, 8 Apr. 2026
Verb
This starved the business of money for staffing, maintenance and critical supplies while loading it up with debt.
—Peter Elkind, ProPublica, 9 Apr. 2026
Crochet opened the seventh at 89 pitches and allowed two singles and a walk, loading the bases with one out.
—Jen McCaffrey, New York Times, 8 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for loading
Noun
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If too many load-bearing cards are taken away, the tower crumbles and the overall transportation quality tanks, Goodwin said.—
Chase Hunter,
Mercury News,
8 Apr. 2026
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Once transported to the canyon, the modular components were assembled and put into place using one of the world’s largest cable cranes (cranes that move loads while suspended on cables), which spanned the gorge between the two towers.—
Aman Kumar,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
8 Apr. 2026
Verb
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The nearly 4,000 fans kept the faith all game, filling the arena with nothing but deafening noise.—
Carmela Karcher,
CBS News,
11 Apr. 2026
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While much of those duties are typical for his local office — picking up trash, plowing snow and filling potholes — the 34-year-old mayor has leaned on his knack for viral content creation to drive interest and awareness of government programs.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
10 Apr. 2026
Verb
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For travel days, pair your airport-ready sweatsuits with the Everyday Trainer Sneakers, or toss the Scrunched Sneakers that feature a flexible silhouette into your suitcase to make packing a breeze.—
Julia Morlino,
Travel + Leisure,
11 Apr. 2026
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Amazon's fulfillment services include the process of storing, packing and shipping orders.—
Melina Khan,
USA Today,
10 Apr. 2026
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Ultimately, the scammers appear to use their initial contractor targets as unsuspecting mules for the malware payload.—
Jessica Klein,
PC Magazine,
11 Apr. 2026
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This was the 22nd flight for the first-stage booster, but had no recovery because of extra power needed to get the payload to its destination.—
Richard Tribou,
The Orlando Sentinel,
11 Apr. 2026
Verb
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There is room for reasonable discussion about how to implement verification without burdening eligible voters.—
DP Opinion,
Denver Post,
28 Mar. 2026
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And year after year, NYU has routinely been ranked with the dubious distinction of burdening its graduates with more debt than any other university in the United States.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
25 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Government officials, who had already introduced measures to ease the burden of price increases two weeks ago, have been baffled over the rationale behind the protests because the global price spike is due to the conflict in the Mideast that has restricted oil exports.—
Brian Melley,
Los Angeles Times,
12 Apr. 2026
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Government officials, who had already introduced measures to ease the burden of price rises a few weeks ago, were baffled over the rationale behind the protests because the global price spike is due to the Middle East conflict that restricted oil exports.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
12 Apr. 2026
Verb
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But weighting the draft odds is a delicate business — and one the Bulls remain committed to approaching with a clumsy commitment to competitiveness.—
Julia Poe,
Chicago Tribune,
9 Mar. 2026
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The exponential moving average smooths price trends while weighting recent data more heavily than older prices.—
Michael Khouw,
CNBC,
27 Oct. 2025
Noun
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As the vehicle sat stalled, Davin Smith drove a maroon Honda CRV into the back of it, causing both the Honda and the cargo in the big rig to catch fire.—
Rick Hurd,
Mercury News,
10 Apr. 2026
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This included troubleshooting the capsule’s space toilet (multiple times), piloting the spacecraft by hand, and testing procedures such as sheltering from solar radiation in the cargo locker.—
Noah Haggerty,
Los Angeles Times,
10 Apr. 2026
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“Loading.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/loading. Accessed 14 Apr. 2026.
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