1
as in to burden
to place a weight or burden on
students complaining that their teachers were loading them with work
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2
as in to fill
to put into (something) as much as can be held or contained
she loaded her plate at the buffet with as much food as she could carry and with more than any sane person should eat
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as in loading
a mass or quantity of something taken up and carried, conveyed, or transported
hoisted a load of grain on the truck going to Florida
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as in ton
loads plural
a considerable amount
there's no rush, since we've got loads of time left
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Recent Examples of load
Pj Green, Kansas City Star, 28 May 2026
In the national semifinals, Eastern Michigan faced powerhouse Stanford, a program loaded with talent.
—Tim Corlett, Forbes.com, 28 May 2026
Mercury News Editorial Board, Mercury News, 27 May 2026
For example, the commercial loads in the CBS Sunday afternoon NFL games are identical to the loads that pop up during the games streaming on Paramount+.
—Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 27 May 2026
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Verb
Righty reliever Nick Mears took the brunt of the Yankees’ production in the seventh, walking in a run with the bases loaded and two outs — on a pitch confirmed from an ABS challenge by Carter Jensen.
—Pj Green, Kansas City Star, 28 May 2026
In the national semifinals, Eastern Michigan faced powerhouse Stanford, a program loaded with talent.
—Tim Corlett, Forbes.com, 28 May 2026
Noun
This especially applies to our special education teachers, many of whom carry increasingly unsustainable case loads.
—Mercury News Editorial Board, Mercury News, 27 May 2026
For example, the commercial loads in the CBS Sunday afternoon NFL games are identical to the loads that pop up during the games streaming on Paramount+.
—Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 27 May 2026
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Verb
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Ultimately, my focus is on ensuring that working families in San José, especially in District 5, are not disproportionately burdened by rising energy costs, while still investing in the infrastructure needed for a reliable and resilient energy system.—
Mercury News Editorial Board,
Mercury News,
29 May 2026
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The government's general rule of thumb is to spend no more than 30% of gross income on housing, including rent or mortgage payments, property taxes, insurance, and utilities, to avoid being cost burdened.—
Medora Lee,
USA Today,
28 May 2026
Verb
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Authorities suspect that the cooling system responsible for maintaining the temperature of the tank filled with methyl methacrylate, or MMA, failed.—
Iris Kwok,
Los Angeles Times,
28 May 2026
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Terrazas was poised for a big year, but more than half of the varsity team was filled by freshmen.—
Justin Vigil Zuniga,
Daily News,
28 May 2026
Noun
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Every hour saved in transit or loading reduces costs and improves margins for exporters.—
Robert Rapier,
Forbes.com,
24 May 2026
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Shell fuses can be programmed automatically, while a robotic loading arm handles both projectiles and propellant charges.—
David Szondy
May 23,
New Atlas,
23 May 2026
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If your summer wardrobe is feeling a bit boring or outdated, don’t fret — Amazon just added tons of new styles to its sale section, and my top picks are all going for $10 or less.—
Emily Weaver,
PEOPLE,
29 May 2026
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Always check for live music, the sustainable safari and tons of local goods.—
WCCO Staff,
CBS News,
28 May 2026
Verb
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Tether's reserves are heavily weighted toward US Treasuries, and the company describes itself, in the USAT launch announcement, as the 17th-largest holder of US Treasuries in the world, ahead of national holders such as Germany and South Korea.—
Zennon Kapron,
Forbes.com,
28 May 2026
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That projection is based on the player’s performance in each metric over the last three seasons (five for goalies), weighted for recency where more recent seasons carry more significance and regressed to the mean.—
Dom Luszczyszyn,
New York Times,
27 May 2026
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Staff helped the social workers pack their cars, keeping in-person delivery contacts to a small group so that families could build trust with the people showing up at their homes.—
Jourdan Rodrigue,
New York Times,
28 May 2026
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Be prepared to be led into temptation at every corner because this tiny neighborhood is packed to the gills with luxury shopping from Bottega Veneta to Prada.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
27 May 2026
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Zhang, 39, is a payload specialist and a researcher at the Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics under the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS).—
Andrew Jones,
Space.com,
24 May 2026
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Starship’s significantly higher payload capacity enables the company to launch more next-generation satellites to space than could ever be handled by SpaceX’s partially reusable Falcon 9.—
Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez,
Fortune,
24 May 2026
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Instead of ordering pizza, try homemade calzones stuffed with all your favorite toppings instead.—
Mary Shannon Wells,
Southern Living,
24 May 2026
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Among the standouts are bone-marrow pizza, salmon steak with pistachio gremolata, and a pepper stuffed with roasted root vegetables.—
Beth Landman,
HollywoodReporter,
22 May 2026
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“Load.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/load. Accessed 30 May. 2026.
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