as in load
a mass or quantity of something taken up and carried, conveyed, or transported the accident was caused by an 18-wheeler with a loading in excess of the legal limit
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as in filling
to place a weight or burden on students complaining that their teachers were loading them with work
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as in packing
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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Recent Examples of loading
Alaric Nightingale, Bloomberg, 20 Apr. 2026 Harsha added that the CRA is concerned the agency will or has already begun front-loading its grant funding to catch up on spending, doling out the full amount of a grant instead of distributing it over the course of a number of years. —Fiona Bork, The Hill, 19 Apr. 2026
Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 22 Apr. 2026 King clipped Ramón Urías with a slider, loading the bases. —Matt Kawahara, Houston Chronicle, 19 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for loading
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The normal route assessment is from the port of Ras Tanura in Saudi Arabia to Ningbo in China, but with the Strait of Hormuz all but closed to shipping, the Persian Gulf, where the loading facility is located, has become off limits. —Alaric Nightingale, Bloomberg, 20 Apr. 2026 Harsha added that the CRA is concerned the agency will or has already begun front-loading its grant funding to catch up on spending, doling out the full amount of a grant instead of distributing it over the course of a number of years. —Fiona Bork, The Hill, 19 Apr. 2026
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These machines still struggle with tasks like folding clothes or loading a dishwasher because of their fiddly nature. —Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 22 Apr. 2026 King clipped Ramón Urías with a slider, loading the bases. —Matt Kawahara, Houston Chronicle, 19 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for loading
Recent Examples of Synonyms for loading
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But recruitment staff feel an addition is required to cope with the load of Champions League football.— Laurie Whitwell, New York Times, 23 Apr. 2026
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Pollen clings to hair, skin and clothing — skipping the post-school clothing change can actually triple indoor pollen load, per A-Z Pediatrics’ allergy toolkit.— Allison Palmer, Sacbee.com, 22 Apr. 2026
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It’s expected that the Chargers will shift Slaughter to left guard, filling one of their most pressing needs on the second day of the three-day draft.— Elliott Teaford, Oc Register, 25 Apr. 2026
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His music has spanned genres and mediums, with the composer filling various roles, but its through line is its sense of the uncanny and Lopatin’s understanding of how warping sonic textures can tap into surreality.— Sheldon Pearce, New Yorker, 24 Apr. 2026
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There is one thing that can ruin your Euro-trip, though, and that’s not packing efficiently.— Jasmine Gomez, Travel + Leisure, 24 Apr. 2026
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Guro Reiten is sitting inside her apartment in Norway, in between spending time with her 5-month-old son and packing her life away.— Melanie Anzidei, New York Times, 23 Apr. 2026
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SpaceX early on in the rocket’s career gave up trying to recover the center stage on Falcon Heavy flights, so that middle booster will instead fall into the Atlantic after its finishes the job of pushing the ViaSat payload on its way to a geosynchronous transfer orbit.— Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 26 Apr. 2026
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The idea would be for robots like it to construct structures in low-to-zero gravity that are normally too large to carry as a payload in rockets or other spacecraft.— Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 25 Apr. 2026
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Accessing federal funds creates the opportunity for safety and modernization without burdening local taxpayers, according to Friedman.— Sierra van der Brug, Daily News, 9 Apr. 2026
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There is room for reasonable discussion about how to implement verification without burdening eligible voters.— DP Opinion, Denver Post, 28 Mar. 2026
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An alternative would be a one-time tax increase, placing a significant financial burden on Chicagoans in a single year — clearly an unacceptable approach.— Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 26 Apr. 2026
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What changed was not her income, but her energy burden.— Ed Gaskin, Boston Herald, 26 Apr. 2026
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But weighting the draft odds is a delicate business — and one the Bulls remain committed to approaching with a clumsy commitment to competitiveness.— Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 9 Mar. 2026
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The exponential moving average smooths price trends while weighting recent data more heavily than older prices.— Michael Khouw, CNBC, 27 Oct. 2025
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Brent oil futures prices have averaged around $100 in April, while the spot price for the delivery of actual cargo has hovered closer to $121 per barrel.— Spencer Kimball, CNBC, 24 Apr. 2026
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Mynor López was a part of a road maintenance crew filling potholes when the bridge collapsed after being hit by a cargo vessel.— Ximena Bustillo, NPR, 24 Apr. 2026
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“Loading.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.grautoblog.com/thesaurus/loading. Accessed 28 Apr. 2026.
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