as in to unload
to empty or rid of cargo
the warehouse needs to hire more people to load and off-load the trucks
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Recent Examples of off-load
The lawsuit accuses the park of negligence, including failing to ensure that the ride was operating properly and failing to train ride attendants on how to off-load guests when the ride doesn’t fully enter its off-loading platform.
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Eve Chen, USA Today, 15 Jan. 2026
The report describes a kind of doom loop of AI dependence, where students increasingly off-load their own thinking onto the technology, leading to the kind of cognitive decline or atrophy more commonly associated with aging brains.
—Cory Turner, NPR, 14 Jan. 2026
At least the hairpiece is more entertaining than the predictable cat-and-mouse contest involving a farm owner trying to off-load her pregnant daughter-in-law.
—Matthew Jacobs, Vulture, 25 Dec. 2025
Anthropic has raised concerns over students off-loading cognitive work to AI systems, and OpenAI has acknowledged that dependence on AI tools more generally is a problem.
—Lila Shroff, The Atlantic, 1 Dec. 2025
Under those guidelines, farmers who want to retire or off-load unproductive bogs without selling to developers can instead convert their land to wetlands with the help of the state.
—Kendra Nordin Beato, Christian Science Monitor, 22 Nov. 2025
As a result of the mismatch between buyers and sellers in these six cities, sellers are adjusting their expectations and cutting prices to off-load their properties.
—Giulia Carbonaro, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Aug. 2025
But in subsequent years, as Giuliani’s reputation and finances plummeted amid numerous lawsuits and legal cases — at one point, his lawyer told the court Giuliani had $57,000 in unpaid phone bills, which doesn’t even seem possible — he was forced to off-load his real estate to raise cash.
—Kim Velsey, Curbed, 14 Aug. 2025
The canister was still wedged in my crotch, off-loading its contents like a homemade Roman candle.
—Charlie Sheen, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2019
Eve Chen, USA Today, 15 Jan. 2026
The report describes a kind of doom loop of AI dependence, where students increasingly off-load their own thinking onto the technology, leading to the kind of cognitive decline or atrophy more commonly associated with aging brains.
—Cory Turner, NPR, 14 Jan. 2026
At least the hairpiece is more entertaining than the predictable cat-and-mouse contest involving a farm owner trying to off-load her pregnant daughter-in-law.
—Matthew Jacobs, Vulture, 25 Dec. 2025
Anthropic has raised concerns over students off-loading cognitive work to AI systems, and OpenAI has acknowledged that dependence on AI tools more generally is a problem.
—Lila Shroff, The Atlantic, 1 Dec. 2025
Under those guidelines, farmers who want to retire or off-load unproductive bogs without selling to developers can instead convert their land to wetlands with the help of the state.
—Kendra Nordin Beato, Christian Science Monitor, 22 Nov. 2025
As a result of the mismatch between buyers and sellers in these six cities, sellers are adjusting their expectations and cutting prices to off-load their properties.
—Giulia Carbonaro, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Aug. 2025
But in subsequent years, as Giuliani’s reputation and finances plummeted amid numerous lawsuits and legal cases — at one point, his lawyer told the court Giuliani had $57,000 in unpaid phone bills, which doesn’t even seem possible — he was forced to off-load his real estate to raise cash.
—Kim Velsey, Curbed, 14 Aug. 2025
The canister was still wedged in my crotch, off-loading its contents like a homemade Roman candle.
—Charlie Sheen, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for off-load
unload
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Exports have slowed down and France is having trade issues with China, causing producers to lower prices in an attempt to unload aged expressions.—
Jonah Flicker,
Robb Report,
21 Jan. 2026
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Tensions rose during this protest, and an officer unloaded several pepper balls all over Garcia’s body.—
Graham Hurley,
CNN Money,
20 Jan. 2026
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