as in loads
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 overloads
Randy Myers, Mercury News, 24 Oct. 2025
Verb
The special effects can look corny and the story overloads us with too many characters.
—Randy Myers, Mercury News, 24 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for overloads
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Despite taking in eight to 12 tractor trailer loads a day, Cooper said the demand for food items is greater than the supply, so the inventory is starting to shrink.—
Mary Kekatos,
ABC News,
4 Nov. 2025
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At the Guigò Lab of the Centre for Genomic Regulation in Barcelona, a technician loads a sample into a genome sequencing machine.—
Glenn Zorpette,
IEEE Spectrum,
4 Nov. 2025
Noun
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Cheaper options or knock-offs tend to come with flimsy sockets, buzzing ballasts, or unreliable switches, which can make rooms look cheap or dated far sooner than expected and even create fire hazards.—
Lauren Bengtson,
Better Homes & Gardens,
25 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Logistics companies say consumers shouldn’t expect delays on their packages due to the reduction in flights — for now.—
Orianna Rosa Royle,
Fortune,
9 Nov. 2025
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All of the cable alternative’s packages offer NFL Network, along with more than 90 other channels — such as CBS, ABC, AMC, Bravo, CNBC, Disney Channel, ESPN and much more.—
Rudie Obias,
HollywoodReporter,
8 Nov. 2025
Noun
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The dishes were served with skim milk, margarine spread and sugar-substitute packets.—
Ingrid Vasquez,
PEOPLE,
5 Nov. 2025
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These letters were published in voter information packets.—
Erick Trevino,
AZCentral.com,
4 Nov. 2025
Noun
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Major grocery chains are offering cost-conscious Thanksgiving meal bundles in response to rising food prices.—
Olivia Evans,
Louisville Courier Journal,
10 Nov. 2025
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Its dactyl clubs are composed of layers of fibers; some form herringbone patterns, while others are made of corkscrew-like bundles.—
Carl Zimmer,
New York Times,
9 Nov. 2025
Noun
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An employee dove between two metal bales that surround the facility to quickly carry a customer who had been burned to safety.—
Dalia Faheid,
CNN Money,
6 Nov. 2025
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Departing from Greenbank Station in Wilmington, this ride trades traditional passenger cars for flatbed railcars lined with hay bales, giving travelers the feel of an open-air hay wagon.—
Kristine Hansen,
Travel + Leisure,
29 Oct. 2025
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“Overloads.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overloads. Accessed 19 Nov. 2025.
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