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
Mark Carey, The Athletic, 20 Mar. 2025
With an overload of mixed messaging from every corner of the media, sometimes we can get lost in making sure our personal needs are being met when figuring out the best products for individualized needs.
—Dontaira Terrell, refinery29.com, 7 Mar. 2025
Navigating the chemical overload can be a draining process.
—Shivani Vyas, Better Homes & Gardens, 27 Mar. 2025
So, without splitting hairs, what’s the truth about protein overload?
—Sarah Garone, Health, 27 Mar. 2025
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Noun
These movements create midfield overloads, with most rotations and combinations generated from central areas and Villa’s box midfield.
—Mark Carey, The Athletic, 20 Mar. 2025
With an overload of mixed messaging from every corner of the media, sometimes we can get lost in making sure our personal needs are being met when figuring out the best products for individualized needs.
—Dontaira Terrell, refinery29.com, 7 Mar. 2025
Navigating the chemical overload can be a draining process.
—Shivani Vyas, Better Homes & Gardens, 27 Mar. 2025
So, without splitting hairs, what’s the truth about protein overload?
—Sarah Garone, Health, 27 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for overload
Recent Examples of Synonyms for overload
Verb
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Clevinger walked Trout to load the bases with two outs, but struck out Soler to end the threat and keep the Sox ahead by three runs.—
LaMond Pope,
Chicago Tribune,
31 Mar. 2025
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Karlie Davison singled, Payton Burnham reached on a fielder's choice and Reagan Johnson legged out an infield single to load the bases with one out.—
Christina Long,
Arkansas Online,
31 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Stocks with consistent dividends are often thought of as ballast in market storms, since the income generated can help offset any declines in the share price.—
Michelle Fox,
CNBC,
2 Apr. 2025
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The arrival of blue-and-white porcelain in Europe some 500 years ago (first as ballast on merchant ships from China) ignited an obsession with the exotic.—
Lisa Wong Macabasco,
Vogue,
31 Mar. 2025
Verb
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Applicants must meet one of 46 distinct eligibility criteria and fill out mountains of paperwork – a long and difficult process for a population already overburdened by bureaucracy.—
Pascale Leone,
New York Daily News,
16 Mar. 2025
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After a mapping campaign in Toledo, Ohio, officials found that the city’s hot spots often overlapped with census tracts identified by the Biden administration’s Climate and Economic Justice Screening Tool as lacking in commercial investment and overburdened by pollution.—
Ula Chrobak,
Smithsonian Magazine,
12 Mar. 2025
Noun
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What to know about egg surcharges Which companies offer the best store experience?—
Gabe Hauari,
USA Today,
1 Apr. 2025
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The terms and conditions state that the McLoughlin that gets picked to run the bar will be responsible for paying all taxes, insurance, fees and surcharges.—
Celia Fernandez,
CNBC,
27 Mar. 2025
Verb
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Tamales, especially popular during the Christmas holidays, are bundles of corn masa stuffed with savory or sweet fillings and wrapped in a corn husk.—
Pat Doherty,
Travel + Leisure,
6 Apr. 2025
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Facing up against those classic cookies were the Aussie-Style Chocolate Crème Sandwich Cookies, which are made in the Netherlands and come with chocolate crème stuffed between two crisp, rectangular cookies.—
Lauren Thomann,
Better Homes & Gardens,
4 Apr. 2025
Noun
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According to police, the two grabbed a garbage bag, forced open the door and stuffed seven packages from the building’s mail room into the bag; Robbins was the lookout during the burglary and had the bag when cops arrested him that same day.—
Thomas Tracy,
New York Daily News,
6 Apr. 2025
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This is a comprehensive package for addressing all your cord-cutter needs.—
Claire Franken,
TVLine,
6 Apr. 2025
Noun
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That’s because none of ThredUp’s shipments are subject to U.S. tariffs, nor has it been reliant on de minimis.—
Meghan Hall,
Sourcing Journal,
3 Apr. 2025
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Meanwhile, shipments have contracted only five times in the past 24 months.—
Jason Schenker,
Forbes.com,
2 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Concluding on a thoughtful yet tactile note, guests are gifted a small pouch filled with a sample of cashmere bale.—
Denni Hu,
WWD,
19 Mar. 2025
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The Dutch government has gifted a bale of tulip bulbs to the country annually since 1945, and the riot of color each spring grows rowdier every year.—
Mark Ellwood,
AFAR Media,
6 Mar. 2025
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“Overload.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overload. Accessed 11 Apr. 2025.
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