freighted

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The assertion that Asian Americans and other nonwhite immigrants don’t “assimilate”—a freighted term, to be sure—is both easy and hard to refute.

From Slate • May 26, 2026

Projecting individual meaning onto our favorite shows is a natural result of an emotionally freighted medium.

From Salon • Nov. 26, 2025

That complicated human-rights situation is freighted with Saudi Arabia’s history.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 23, 2025

Kevan Harris, an associate professor of sociology at UCLA, said that any U.S. involvement in a military conflict with Iran is freighted with meaning, and has long been the subject of hand-wringing.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 22, 2025

“Maybe I was naive,” he said in a halting voice freighted with emotion.

From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer