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
Vicki Salemi, Boston Herald, 11 May 2025
For the past decade or so, it's been an overload of cop shows.
—Kelly Lawler, USA Today, 9 May 2025
Continuously exerting mental and emotional effort without relief may also result in cognitive overload and diminish people’s ability to sustain mental resilience.
—Darlingtina Esiaka, The Conversation, 8 May 2025
Trust Is The New Conversion Metric In the era of information overload, trust has become the most valuable currency in B2B. And trust isn’t built through clever outreach or catchy subject lines.
—Aaron Biggs, Forbes.com, 28 Apr. 2025
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Noun
When goals aren’t clearly defined, task switching due to overload and starting too soon only gets worse.
—Vicki Salemi, Boston Herald, 11 May 2025
For the past decade or so, it's been an overload of cop shows.
—Kelly Lawler, USA Today, 9 May 2025
Continuously exerting mental and emotional effort without relief may also result in cognitive overload and diminish people’s ability to sustain mental resilience.
—Darlingtina Esiaka, The Conversation, 8 May 2025
Trust Is The New Conversion Metric In the era of information overload, trust has become the most valuable currency in B2B. And trust isn’t built through clever outreach or catchy subject lines.
—Aaron Biggs, Forbes.com, 28 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for overload
Verb
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With the bases now loaded and no one out, Cole started to rear back.—
Fabian Ardaya,
New York Times,
30 May 2025
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Anthony Volpe couldn't make the throw to third base, and the Dodgers suddenly had the bases loaded and nobody out.—
Noah Camras,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 May 2025
Noun
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These spellbinding historical passages serve as a ballast to Lina and Wui’s uncertain existence.—
Lauren LeBlanc,
New York Times,
20 May 2025
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The thicker walls function as ballast that helps semiaquatic animals dive.—
Margherita Bassi,
Smithsonian Magazine,
1 May 2025
Verb
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The law will give school districts the authority to handle the appeals process instead of local courts, which were overburdened.—
Clara-Sophia Daly,
Miami Herald,
15 May 2025
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David Bisset, Paradies Lagardère's chief development officer, is committed to using AI to deliver a better customer experience without overburdening them with technology.—
Eileen Falkenberg-Hull,
MSNBC Newsweek,
6 May 2025
Noun
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LeBron said spend domestic and foreign like crazy and dis-enact the tax-rate cuts via a surcharge and go off the gold standard.—
Brian Domitrovic,
Forbes.com,
18 May 2025
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And from June 15, cargo from Mediterranean ports to the East and Gulf Coast will get a $500 surcharge.—
Glenn Taylor,
Sourcing Journal,
16 May 2025
Verb
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Agents from Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) also seized three cellphones found inside a Balenciaga boot, a Gucci pouch stuffed with ketamine and MDMA and a .45-caliber handgun discovered tucked away in a red suitcase.—
Joshua Rhett Miller,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 May 2025
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The resulting confusion is a good reminder about how many provisions can be stuffed in a single bill, presenting challenges for writers (like this one), voters (like you), and members of Congress.—
Kelly Phillips Erb,
Forbes.com,
24 May 2025
Noun
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Not a different package name and definitely not an exe.—
Zak Doffman,
Forbes.com,
24 May 2025
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Chip Somodevilla | Getty Images The multitrillion-dollar tax and spending package House Republicans passed Thursday contains a multitude of changes that may affect consumers’ finances.—
Ana Teresa Solá,
CNBC,
23 May 2025
Noun
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In Bellevue’s garden was a single vine of Vanilla planifolia, native to Mexico, that Jennings believes descended from one of the first vanilla saplings to survive on the island, after a shipment arrived from Paris in 1822.—
Jay Cheshes,
Smithsonian Magazine,
20 May 2025
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Look beneath and there’s a web of illicit activity that’s propping up these shipments from China.—
Anniek Bao,
CNBC,
20 May 2025
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The global trade forecast suggests a 2.3 million bale increase (to 44.8 million in 2025/26).—
SJ Guest Editorial,
Sourcing Journal,
16 May 2025
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Flanked by a Westworld-esque, retro-futuristic ball gown in Kummel red, the gleaming white bale feels almost humble in comparison — standing in the shadow as an artifact of quiet luxury.—
Denni Hu,
WWD,
19 Mar. 2025
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“Overload.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overload. Accessed 3 Jun. 2025.
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