overload
Example Sentences
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They emerge when effort gradually increases—when endurance, strength or skill expand over time in what is called progressive overload.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 3, 2026
Somewhere along the way, we stopped asking whether the system was working and started asking how much we could overload it.
From Slate • May 3, 2026
The result is a raucous, interactive, sensory overload.
From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2026
Settling into life outside the crammed living room has been "a bit of a sensory overload", with Boone needing to be introduced to new experiences gradually.
From BBC • Apr. 9, 2026
At a certain point, at somewhere between 10 and 15 people, we begin to overload, just as we begin to overload when we have to distinguish between too many tones.
From "The Tipping Point" by Malcolm Gladwell
Vocabulary lists containing overload
The House of Hades
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Florida's B.E.S.T. Common Prefixes: over-
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