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as in to overload
to fill or load to excess
overfilled the wheelbarrow with bricks until finally no one could push it
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as in to spill
to flow over the brim or top of
water overfilled the tub and poured onto the floor
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Recent Examples of overfill
The pair left with a space heater and a bag overfilled with scrap metal.
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Raja Abdulrahim, New York Times, 27 Dec. 2024
However, these measurements aren't always the rule for others, and glasses are often overfilled at restaurants, bars, and homes all too often, according to De Lavallade.
—Karla Walsh, Better Homes & Gardens, 19 Dec. 2024
To ensure that winter runoff doesn’t overfill the Verde reservoirs, SRP releases more water from their dams and saves water in the Salt reservoirs.
—Shaun McKinnon, The Arizona Republic, 25 Nov. 2024
When asked to load eggs into a carton, a robot once chose to overfill the box and force it to shut.
—Will Knight, WIRED, 31 Oct. 2024
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Raja Abdulrahim, New York Times, 27 Dec. 2024
However, these measurements aren't always the rule for others, and glasses are often overfilled at restaurants, bars, and homes all too often, according to De Lavallade.
—Karla Walsh, Better Homes & Gardens, 19 Dec. 2024
To ensure that winter runoff doesn’t overfill the Verde reservoirs, SRP releases more water from their dams and saves water in the Salt reservoirs.
—Shaun McKinnon, The Arizona Republic, 25 Nov. 2024
When asked to load eggs into a carton, a robot once chose to overfill the box and force it to shut.
—Will Knight, WIRED, 31 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for overfill
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Sitting inside Made in New York Pizza in Manhattan earlier this year, sporting a Haas top, Bearman spilled the details about his thrilling offseason project: putting together furniture for his Monaco apartment.—
Madeline Coleman,
New York Times,
28 Mar. 2025
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The cups: The cups should fully contain your breasts without any gaping or spilling over.—
Bianca London,
Glamour,
28 Mar. 2025
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They would be loaded on buses and sent through the Kerem Shalom crossing either to Ashdod port, or to an airport near Eilat.—
Tom Soufi Burridge,
ABC News,
19 Mar. 2025
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That’s kind of where my idea to pocket things [comes from]; sometimes the idea’s gotta load.—
William E. Ketchum III,
Billboard,
18 Mar. 2025
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The nonprofit Grace After Fire, which provides services to women veterans and their families, handles overflow from the VA, specifically connecting women to alternative resources.—
Karen Hua,
CBS News,
26 Mar. 2025
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Independence Day Annually on July 10, The Bahamas overflows with national pride as the islands proudly commemorate their Independence Day.—
Sandra MacGregor,
Forbes,
22 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
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The key is balance: expressing yourself clearly without diminishing your confidence or overburdening the listener with unnecessary details.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes,
6 Mar. 2025
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Playboi Carti Scores 30 Hot 100 Hits at Once This week, Playboi Carti floods the Hot 100 with an incredible 30 tracks.—
Hugh McIntyre,
Forbes.com,
29 Mar. 2025
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More than 400 Reddit users flooded the comments section of the post with admiration, calling the moment heartwarming and even offering to help the kittens out on their journey to being adopted.—
Ron Estes,
MSNBC Newsweek,
29 Mar. 2025
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Critics of the program, which essentially privatizes Medicare, point to insurance companies cherry-picking enrollees who are younger and healthier and overcharging the program for treatment.—
Selena Simmons-Duffin,
NPR,
25 Mar. 2025
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Deitrich, who’s gotten involved with Power to the Patients, said she was overcharged by her provider by more than a thousand dollars for a routine checkup and now drives more than two hours to the closest clinic that lists their prices upfront.—
Marquise Francis,
NBC News,
12 Mar. 2025
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“Overfill.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overfill. Accessed 2 Apr. 2025.
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