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as in loading
to place a weight or burden on
burdened the dog with a little backpack
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as in troubling
to make sad
refuses to let everyday problems burden her
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Recent Examples of burdening
Confession might ease your mind but at the expense of burdening another.
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Cody Cottier, Discover Magazine, 15 Oct. 2024
Babin is chair of the space and aeronautics subcommittee and has conducted CHIPS and Science Act oversight hearings where he's warned against burdening local governments and industry partners with cumbersome regulations and paperwork.
—Maria Curi, Axios, 10 Oct. 2024
Rather than burdening the Defense Department alone with the task of procurement and production, the new body should provide high-level direction, set priorities, and oversee the policies, plans, and procedures of the federal departments involved in defense production.
—Seth G. Jones, Foreign Affairs, 2 Oct. 2024
Cody Cottier, Discover Magazine, 15 Oct. 2024
Babin is chair of the space and aeronautics subcommittee and has conducted CHIPS and Science Act oversight hearings where he's warned against burdening local governments and industry partners with cumbersome regulations and paperwork.
—Maria Curi, Axios, 10 Oct. 2024
Rather than burdening the Defense Department alone with the task of procurement and production, the new body should provide high-level direction, set priorities, and oversee the policies, plans, and procedures of the federal departments involved in defense production.
—Seth G. Jones, Foreign Affairs, 2 Oct. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for burdening
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Sure, loading up on nutritious foods like grains and veggies is ideal, but life is busy, and fiber-rich meals aren’t exactly convenient.Hannah Singleton, Glamour, 3 Oct. 2024
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Making mobile security fun may be more important to some than loading up on features that may not get used.PCMAG, PCMAG, 3 Oct. 2024
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Taurean Prince is the kind of player that championship contenders crave—low-maintenance, effective, and capable of filling gaps without demanding the ball.Brian Sampson, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
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The emotions and uprooting ignited the need to write at a feverish pace, filling the pages of notebooks with poems to let those feelings out.Roxsy Lin, Los Angeles Times, 3 Oct. 2024
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In either case, residents may choose to leave an area, driving down asset prices and depressing the local economy.Justin Worland, TIME, 4 Oct. 2024
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Tax evasion is well above the European average—no wonder, since taxes on middle and upper incomes are punitive and are depressing consumption.Mark Gilbert, Foreign Affairs, 14 Dec. 2016
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The hilarity of people worrying about toy safety/propriety is timeless.Matt Brennan, Los Angeles Times, 4 Oct. 2024
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Of course, the relationship could be less about the oil price itself and more about investors worrying over the burgeoning conflict between Iran and Israel.Jesse Pound, CNBC, 3 Oct. 2024
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Is the trend of sales taking a route that is bothering you?Hitendra Patil, Forbes, 17 Oct. 2024
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In many cases, states have stopped bothering to make legal justifications at all, the Human Rights Committee report warned.Anna Mulrine Grobe, The Christian Science Monitor, 15 Oct. 2024
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“Burdening.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/burdening. Accessed 23 Nov. 2024.
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