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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Verb
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AIAssistWorks loads into common apps like Google Sheets, Docs, and Slides.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
20 Oct. 2025 -
Alexandra Shapiro and Brian Steel are in the cafeteria having a chat as the latter loads up on valuable potassium via a morning banana.—
NBC News,
NBC news,
3 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Officials in Jamaica have activated nearly 600 shelters and closed major transportation hubs in anticipation of hazardous conditions, and have said that warehouses across the island are well-stocked with thousands of food packages ready for quick distribution if necessary.—
Daniel Orton,
MSNBC Newsweek,
26 Oct. 2025
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Expect more packages of tangy gummies, riding off a meteoric high last year.—
Ramishah Maruf,
CNN Money,
26 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Along with Grant, Geraint Jones — of the European Space Agency and principal investigator of the Comet Interceptor mission — was able to predict the ion tail crossing thanks to their Tailcatcher program, which is computer code that can track the movements of packets of solar wind material.—
Keith Cooper,
Space.com,
21 Oct. 2025
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Phonons are packets of heat energy, in the way that photons are packets of electromagnetic energy.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
20 Oct. 2025
Noun
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The new collection features 51 products, including club chairs, outdoor sofas, coffee tables, and multi-piece bundles made from a high-density polyethylene (HDPE) material.—
Claire Hoppe Norgaard,
Better Homes & Gardens,
28 Oct. 2025
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As streaming services like Netflix have exploded in popularity, tens of millions of US households have stopped subscribing to traditional cable bundles, meaning many homes can no longer simply turn on CNN.—
Brian Stelter,
CNN Money,
28 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Gourds, mums, Indian corn, corn stalks and straw bales are also available for purchase.—
Katie Nixon,
Nashville Tennessean,
22 Oct. 2025
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There are real goats and horses here, as well as a snack bar serving funnel cakes, plus hay bales stacked dangerously high, and all manners of rusty farming equipment painted to resemble barnyard animals.—
Frederick Dreier,
Outside,
20 Oct. 2025
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“Overloads.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overloads. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.
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