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
Jodie Cook, Forbes, 20 Mar. 2025
The theme of the past few weeks: information overload!
—USA TODAY, 15 Mar. 2025
In an era of high stress and digital overload, some Seattle-area residents are creating healing gardens, green spaces filled with plants that nourish both the body and mind.
—Christine Clarridge, Axios, 13 Mar. 2025
Mac Allister’s pass behind the defence prompts West Ham to move up and play the offside trap, which fails because Diaz’s initial overload down the right wing gives him the chance to attack the space from an onside position.
—Ahmed Walid, The Athletic, 26 Feb. 2025
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Noun
Win on LinkedIn: spotting AI content that loses trust
Buzzword overload signals automation
AI loves buzzwords like nothing else.
—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.—
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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.—
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Similarly, if a driver weighs under the minimum weight, ballast can also be used to compensate.—
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The installation incorporates robust mooring systems, wave breakers and ballast anchors to ensure stability in varying conditions.—
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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.—
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The key is balance: expressing yourself clearly without diminishing your confidence or overburdening the listener with unnecessary details.—
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What to know about egg surcharges Which companies offer the best store experience?—
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The battle over electricity tariffs Ford suspended imposition of the surcharges after the Trump administration backed off some of its tariff threats.—
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For now, the society’s modest office space remains stuffed full of papers and items.—
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Like most sci-fi/thriller/mystery box shows, Severance stuffed a ton of twists and set pieces into the finale: Mark’s innie confronts his outie!—
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The package contained a roll of very thin paper that has seeds embedded in it.—
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Key Ingredients: 24K colloidal gold, marine collagen, elastin, hyaluronic acid, aloe extract, vitamin E, niacinamide, damask rose Type: Sheet Size: 4 masks per package What is a collagen face mask?—
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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.—
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The vast majority of BYD’s shipments last year were delivered to domestic customers with just 10% exported to overseas markets.—
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Concluding on a thoughtful yet tactile note, guests are gifted a small pouch filled with a sample of cashmere bale.—
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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.—
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“Overload.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overload. Accessed 8 Apr. 2025.
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