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
Shumet Amdemichael, the director of the nonprofit Mercy Corps’ Nigeria programs, told me that his organization may off-load generators to local hospitals.
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Hana Kiros, The Atlantic, 26 Aug. 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
By the late Nineties, flimsy strictures of economic decorum were being made even flimsier: massage the losses, underestimate the debts, off-load liabilities into subsidiaries, hide who owns them.
—Leigh Claire La Berge, Harpers Magazine, 16 July 2025
Around sunset on a rainy Saturday in November, 1906, a woman walked the streets of Rochester, in western New York State, trying to off-load a stack of counterfeit two-dollar bills.
—Jessica Winter, New Yorker, 14 July 2025
For more than a decade, State Street operated joint ventures that allowed the financial services firm to off-load some IT and back-office tasks to outsourcing partners like Atos and HCLTech in India.
—John Kell, Fortune, 18 June 2025
By off-loading the pitcher at the deadline, Detroit saved nearly $5 million, all of which the Dodgers absorbed.
—Dan Freedman, Forbes, 16 Mar. 2025
The canister was still wedged in my crotch, off-loading its contents like a homemade Roman candle.
—Charlie Sheen, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2019
Hana Kiros, The Atlantic, 26 Aug. 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
By the late Nineties, flimsy strictures of economic decorum were being made even flimsier: massage the losses, underestimate the debts, off-load liabilities into subsidiaries, hide who owns them.
—Leigh Claire La Berge, Harpers Magazine, 16 July 2025
Around sunset on a rainy Saturday in November, 1906, a woman walked the streets of Rochester, in western New York State, trying to off-load a stack of counterfeit two-dollar bills.
—Jessica Winter, New Yorker, 14 July 2025
For more than a decade, State Street operated joint ventures that allowed the financial services firm to off-load some IT and back-office tasks to outsourcing partners like Atos and HCLTech in India.
—John Kell, Fortune, 18 June 2025
By off-loading the pitcher at the deadline, Detroit saved nearly $5 million, all of which the Dodgers absorbed.
—Dan Freedman, Forbes, 16 Mar. 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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Glabe’s sales follow those of board member Eric Swider, who has also sharply reduced his holdings, unloading around 165,000 shares since November.—
Zach Everson,
Forbes.com,
13 Sep. 2025
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From there, the product would be unloaded, securely packaged, and transported to the cartel’s stateside distributors.—
Martin Suarez,
Rolling Stone,
13 Sep. 2025
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“Off-load.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/off-load. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.
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