overload
Example Sentences
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“It can be an overload to voters where they hit that tipping point where they’re no longer interested,” Flynn said.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026
Daniel says the lyrics address the difficulties of making decisions in an era of information overload – which explains his inability to pick an analogy and stick to it.
From BBC • May 8, 2026
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
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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