1
as in burdens
to place a weight or burden on
students complaining that their teachers were loading them with work
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2
as in fills
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 ton
a considerable amount
there's no rush, since we've got loads of time left
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Recent Examples of loads
Nbc News, NBC news, 3 Oct. 2025
The material withstands compressive loads more than 10 times its weight.
—Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 19 Sep. 2025
Ensure your site loads quickly and works across devices.
—Ran Ronen, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
And don't forget the mini space rover that loads into the cargo pod.
—John Mihaly, PC Magazine, 5 Sep. 2025
Garfield loads Hank with chummy physicality.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 29 Aug. 2025
The world’s largest car carrier, BYD ″Shenzhen″, loads over 7,000 BYD new energy commercial vehicles at Haitong Terminal in Taicang Port Area, Suzhou Port, and sets sail for Brazil in Taicang City, Jiangsu Province, China, on April 27, 2025.
—Sam Meredith, CNBC, 27 Aug. 2025
The dive shop loads us up on one of the skiffs for near-shore diving, hauling us out to a historical wreck site on their larger double-decker catamaran.
—Peter Kelly, Travel + Leisure, 18 Aug. 2025
Instead of asking users to install something, ClickFix loads a fake CAPTCHA screen.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 12 Aug. 2025
Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 10 Oct. 2025
Its presence becomes obvious when a data center project is delayed because a transformer cannot be delivered on time, or when utilities cannot build transmission lines quickly enough to support new computing loads.
—IEEE Spectrum, 9 Oct. 2025
Best Amazon Prime Day Last-Chance Baby Toy Deals The best baby toys encourage exploration, promote fine and gross motor skills, and make tummy time loads of fun.
—Gabrielle Applebury, Parents, 8 Oct. 2025
Westonetek Add-a-bag Luggage Strap, 2-pack Flight attendants also love this luggage strap for their own cumbersome travel loads.
—Aly Walansky, Travel + Leisure, 8 Oct. 2025
These days tractors have replaced buffaloes, once prized for their strength and ability to plow fields and transport heavy loads.
—CNN Money, 7 Oct. 2025
Designed for bigger adventures, longer distances and heavier loads, the X Ultra is what the performance exoskeleton pioneer calls its best model to date.
—New Atlas, 7 Oct. 2025
Morales' body likely arrived at the landfill from an outside location through loads of waste and was offloaded at the site the morning she was discovered, the medical examiner's report said.
—Wren Smetana, AZCentral.com, 5 Oct. 2025
Same question, loads of responses.
—Alec Lewis, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025
Verb
Alexandra Shapiro and Brian Steel are in the cafeteria having a chat as the latter loads up on valuable potassium via a morning banana.
—Nbc News, NBC news, 3 Oct. 2025
The material withstands compressive loads more than 10 times its weight.
—Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 19 Sep. 2025
Ensure your site loads quickly and works across devices.
—Ran Ronen, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
And don't forget the mini space rover that loads into the cargo pod.
—John Mihaly, PC Magazine, 5 Sep. 2025
Garfield loads Hank with chummy physicality.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 29 Aug. 2025
The world’s largest car carrier, BYD ″Shenzhen″, loads over 7,000 BYD new energy commercial vehicles at Haitong Terminal in Taicang Port Area, Suzhou Port, and sets sail for Brazil in Taicang City, Jiangsu Province, China, on April 27, 2025.
—Sam Meredith, CNBC, 27 Aug. 2025
The dive shop loads us up on one of the skiffs for near-shore diving, hauling us out to a historical wreck site on their larger double-decker catamaran.
—Peter Kelly, Travel + Leisure, 18 Aug. 2025
Instead of asking users to install something, ClickFix loads a fake CAPTCHA screen.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 12 Aug. 2025
Noun
To fix these problems, smart grid systems now use advanced energy management tools to balance power loads in real time.
—Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 10 Oct. 2025
Its presence becomes obvious when a data center project is delayed because a transformer cannot be delivered on time, or when utilities cannot build transmission lines quickly enough to support new computing loads.
—IEEE Spectrum, 9 Oct. 2025
Best Amazon Prime Day Last-Chance Baby Toy Deals The best baby toys encourage exploration, promote fine and gross motor skills, and make tummy time loads of fun.
—Gabrielle Applebury, Parents, 8 Oct. 2025
Westonetek Add-a-bag Luggage Strap, 2-pack Flight attendants also love this luggage strap for their own cumbersome travel loads.
—Aly Walansky, Travel + Leisure, 8 Oct. 2025
These days tractors have replaced buffaloes, once prized for their strength and ability to plow fields and transport heavy loads.
—CNN Money, 7 Oct. 2025
Designed for bigger adventures, longer distances and heavier loads, the X Ultra is what the performance exoskeleton pioneer calls its best model to date.
—New Atlas, 7 Oct. 2025
Morales' body likely arrived at the landfill from an outside location through loads of waste and was offloaded at the site the morning she was discovered, the medical examiner's report said.
—Wren Smetana, AZCentral.com, 5 Oct. 2025
Same question, loads of responses.
—Alec Lewis, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for loads
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Critics of the way the administration is handling immigration enforcement have raised concerns that holding people without criminal convictions or charges unnecessarily burdens the system and pulls undocumented immigrants away from their families.—
Dan Gooding,
MSNBC Newsweek,
29 Aug. 2025
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As more states move to reduce and phase out their income taxes in the coming years, the lack of an income tax becomes less of an advantage, making the need to address relatively high property tax burdens more imperative.—
Patrick Gleason,
Forbes.com,
20 Aug. 2025
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Particularly in the case of the latter two galaxies, the radio jets seem to be interacting with the intra-cluster medium, which is a thick fog of hot plasma that fills galaxy clusters, and this interaction is shaping both the jets and the radio rings.—
Keith Cooper,
Space.com,
14 Oct. 2025
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Then, warm soap water fills up to the chest level automatically, washing the user without any movement required.—
Atharva Gosavi,
Interesting Engineering,
14 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Ukraine’s special forces claimed that the pumping station has an annual capacity of 50 million tons.—
Tim Lister,
CNN Money,
12 Oct. 2025
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Some 187,000 tons of food aid has been positioned in neighboring countries awaiting Israeli permission.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
12 Oct. 2025
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Each vegan, keto-friendly bar packs 12 grams of protein and brain-boosting nutrients like omega-3s and MCT oil.—
Olivia Tarantino,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
8 Oct. 2025
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This speaker is a best seller on Amazon (with nearly 80,000 positive reviews) for a reason—its sound system really packs a punch.—
Julia Harrison,
Architectural Digest,
8 Oct. 2025
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The mechanisms that enable replication—the model weights themselves, the precise optimization subroutines, the engineering tricks that enhance model capabilities—deserve tight custody.—
MSNBC Newsweek,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 Oct. 2025
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The Orange County Football Conference weights this season’s results at 65 percent and 2024 at 35 percent.—
Dan Albano,
Oc Register,
30 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Every color, or frequency, can carry its own stream of information, allowing dozens of signals to travel side by side without interference.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
10 Oct. 2025
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At least a half-dozen people described an emotional seesaw they were put through by weeks of contradictory UPS tracking updates about their shipments.—
Kayla Steinberg,
NBC news,
10 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Those restrictions came after the US introduced a slew of its own export controls targeting China in late September, despite the two sides seemingly making progress in trade talks over the summer.—
John Liu,
CNN Money,
13 Oct. 2025
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There were seven breaks in the second set, with Pegula taking a 3-0 lead on the back of a slew of Gauff double faults.—
James Hansen,
New York Times,
12 Oct. 2025
Verb
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This lightweight option only weighs 3 pounds and runs for up to 40 minutes to completely clear your patio of leaves and debris.—
Julia Fields,
Better Homes & Gardens,
8 Oct. 2025
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Yes, Halloween is about having fun, but the presentation factor weighs heavily.—
Sarah Scott,
Parents,
8 Oct. 2025
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“Loads.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/loads. Accessed 16 Oct. 2025.
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