off-loading

present participle of off-load

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of off-loading The transaction contained fundamental flaws, and AT&T eventually reversed course by off-loading WarnerMedia and combining it with Discovery. — Paul Hardart, Fortune, 4 Aug. 2026 Following quickly on the heels of spinning off Versant Media earlier this year, Comcast is now off-loading the entirety of NBCUniversal. — Howard Homonoff, Forbes.com, 7 July 2026 Off-loading tasks such as writing code might result in cognitive atrophy over the long term, and that is problematic in itself, but off-loading ethical decisions will result in an atrophy of moral reasoning, which is worse. — Ted Chiang, The Atlantic, 3 June 2026 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-loading
unloading
Verb
  • Getting thousands of sailors and tons of equipment off the ship is like unloading a small city.
    — Maxwell Adler, Vanity Fair, 8 Oct. 2026
  • Koons, one of the world’s most famous living artists, is said to be unloading the works in order to fund his own practice.
    — News Desk, Artforum, 5 Oct. 2026

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“Off-loading.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/off-loading. Accessed 11 Oct. 2026.

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