as in to load
to fill or load to excess
try not to overload your backpack, or you could end up with back problems
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Recent Examples of overload
Eugene Linden, Mercury News, 4 July 2025
But with a staffing crisis and work overload, city and county administrators are among the customers who could use them the most.
—semafor.com, 9 July 2025
It can be caused by a variety of factors including sensory overload and anxiety or excitement.
—Beki San Martin, Freep.com, 4 July 2025
But when the two elements combine, the reactor overloads.
—Stacia Brown, Vulture, 2 July 2025
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Verb
Simple issue overload might explain some of the silence.
—Eugene Linden, Mercury News, 4 July 2025
But with a staffing crisis and work overload, city and county administrators are among the customers who could use them the most.
—semafor.com, 9 July 2025
It can be caused by a variety of factors including sensory overload and anxiety or excitement.
—Beki San Martin, Freep.com, 4 July 2025
But when the two elements combine, the reactor overloads.
—Stacia Brown, Vulture, 2 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for overload
Verb
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Hernandez drove in Betts and Freddie Freeman drove in Ohtani, Making his first appearance since returning from a forearm injury, Blake Treinen gave up two hits, walked two and allowed a run in the ninth inning before Jack Dreyer replaced him with the bases loaded and got the final out.—
Bill Plunkett,
Oc Register,
29 July 2025
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Fitts was removed following the bases loaded escape after allowing the two runs over four innings on four hits, three walks and two strikeouts.—
Mac Cerullo,
Boston Herald,
29 July 2025
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To manage traction and optimize performance, the locomotive design includes the option to add ballast—either by embedding concrete in the floor or installing steel plates—to increase weight and improve wheel-rail contact.—
David Blekhman,
Forbes.com,
17 July 2025
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Dividend-paying stocks may offer ballast in times of market volatility, even when equities are climbing higher.—
Michelle Fox,
CNBC,
8 July 2025
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Clinicians are overburdened with checklists, prior authorizations and productivity quotas.—
Trisha Swift,
Forbes.com,
28 July 2025
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Unlike gas taxes, vehicle miles traveled fees can be tailored to reflect actual usage, damage caused, and even vehicle type, potentially closing the funding gap without overburdening typical consumers.—
Tirzah Duren,
Boston Herald,
8 July 2025
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From the finance perspective there may be fuel surcharges, risk management insurances, bank settlements and more.—
Mahesh Rajasekharan,
Forbes.com,
24 July 2025
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Recent research from the Property and Environment Research Center estimates that a $100 surcharge per foreign visitor to Yellowstone would raise an additional $55 million — roughly four times the current entry fee revenue — while reducing total visitation by just 1.3%.—
Tate Watkins,
Chicago Tribune,
23 July 2025
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Eckart's were stuffed in a pit toilet at the Atterbury Fish & Wildlife Area in Johnson County.—
Kristine Phillips,
IndyStar,
4 Aug. 2025
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The signs are familiar—too many competing priorities, too little cross-functional communication, and a calendar stuffed with meetings that produce more slides than decisions.—
Brent Gleeson,
Forbes.com,
4 Aug. 2025
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The ruling said the package was unfair to investors.—
Megan Poinski,
Forbes.com,
4 Aug. 2025
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In exchange for their cooperation in passing new budget measures, Democrats want Republicans to agree not to turn around later in the year and pass a rescissions package cutting some of that same funding.—
Dave Goldiner,
New York Daily News,
4 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Planning and Execution Teams Digital planning platforms that integrate execution-level data—such as logistics or order management information—can provide real-time visibility into inventory, order flow and shipment status.—
Igor Rikalo,
Forbes.com,
1 Aug. 2025
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Trump closed the exemption for shipments from China and Hong Kong in an April 2 executive order, tariffing the low-value shipments from those exporters effectively at a 120% rate from May 2 (after tit-for-tat tariff hikes).—
Miranda Jeyaretnam,
Time,
1 Aug. 2025
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Some gardeners find success placing a barley straw bale in the water, which releases compounds that naturally prevent algae growth.—
Kelly Roberson,
Better Homes & Gardens,
8 June 2025
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That year the Crystal River dropped to 1 cubic foot per second – dry for practical purposes – and the ranch made only 12 of the large round bales that see his cattle through winter.—
Brandon Loomis,
AZCentral.com,
4 Apr. 2025
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“Overload.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overload. Accessed 8 Aug. 2025.
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