overloads 1 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of overload
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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overloads

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noun

plural of overload
as in surcharges

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Recent Examples of overloads
Verb
Lucky uses Taylor-Joy, who gives a surface-level performance in a surface-level show, one that overloads forward momentum in lieu of character depth. — Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 15 July 2026 They'll often be triggered if a player kills an enormous number of enemies in a short time, or overloads the screen with complex physics like hundreds of items or explosions. — Alan Bradley, Space.com, 2 Mar. 2026 The relentless flow of appalling events eventually overloads the nervous system; the rising tide of brutality, which once seemed shocking, comes to seem unremarkable. — David Brooks, Mercury News, 24 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for overloads
  1. loads
  2. ballasts
  3. overburdens
  4. packages
  5. overcharges
  6. packets
  7. stuffs
  8. bundles
Verb
  • If a page loads its content dynamically or sits behind a login, a standard retrieval step never sees it.
    — Vaidotas Juknys, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2026
  • Turnover and the shelter’s euthanasia rates were trending down; officers’ shifts were shorter and case loads smaller.
    — Lucas Robinson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Aug. 2026
Definition of loads
Noun
  • Federal officials recently launched a prize competition to reward ideas for controlling the flow of aquatic species into and out of the ballasts of boats that travel among the various lakes and waterways across the United States.
    — Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA Today, 7 May 2026
  • Other items from the ship, including the ballasts that served as counterweights for the human cargo, are remaining on display and will be returned to South Africa in two years.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 12 Mar. 2026
Definition of ballasts
Verb
  • The property tax has long been Connecticut’s Gordian knot, a seemingly intractable problem that overburdens middle- and low-income households, stymies business growth and creates great K-12 education disparities between cities and suburbs.
    — Keith M. Phaneuf, Hartford Courant, 17 July 2026
  • In January 2025, a federal judge ruled that portion of the ordinance overburdens free speech rights by prohibiting anyone from providing any lecture in any San Diego public park or beach.
    — Alex Wigglesworth, Los Angeles Times, 2 July 2026
Definition of overburdens
Noun
  • Fannie Mae typically buys loans from local lenders and bundles them into financial packages that are sold to investors.
    — George Avalos, Mercury News, 10 Aug. 2026
  • In July, the European Union ended its own version of the de minimis exemption, which had allowed packages valued under 150 euros (US$173) to enter into the territory duty-free.
    — Gabrielle Fonrouge, CNBC, 10 Aug. 2026
Definition of packages
Verb
  • The most recent tally for 2024 shows overcharges ranging up to $480 per residential account.
    — Ed Hirs, Forbes.com, 8 July 2026
  • An electronic safety system monitors each cell during operations, avoiding both under- and overcharges.
    — IEEE Spectrum, IEEE Spectrum, 22 Aug. 2017
Definition of overcharges
Noun
  • Election officials are asking voters to visit nearby drop boxes outside of evacuation zones to drop off ballot packets.
    — Karina Tsui, CNN Money, 4 Aug. 2026
  • This goes for yeast packets stashed in the back of the pantry, too.
    — Alana Al-Hatlani, Southern Living, 2 Aug. 2026
Definition of packets
Verb
  • Throughout, visiting tourist Madeleine (Kristen Stewart) stuffs her face with every kind of meat, vegetable and carb while her father Phil (Woody Harrelson) is the one whose stomach miraculously swells.
    — Leslie Felperin, HollywoodReporter, 17 May 2026
  • At home, Jonathan Wright, director of the Indianapolis art museum's park and gardens, stuffs in the plants, stacks the pots, and lets everything grow.
    — Teresa Woodard, Midwest Living, 17 Apr. 2026
Definition of stuffs
Noun
  • But jobs are really bundles of tasks, some more amenable to automation than others, according to Stanford professor Charles Jones, a leading scholar of how AI will affect growth.
    — Matt Peterson,Kate Rooney, CNBC, 12 Aug. 2026
  • Brush and tree branches must be put into bundles that do not weigh more than 50 pounds.
    — Matthew Cupelli, Cincinnati Enquirer, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of bundles

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