1
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
Locking up necessities has backfired in almost every way, annoying customers and burdening employees, yet Cornell stood by the decision and claimed on an earnings call that customers were actually grateful for the inconvenience.
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Allison Morrow, CNN Money, 21 Aug. 2025
Green’s express goal is to avoid burdening users with ads.
—Esme Fox, NBC news, 20 Aug. 2025
Researchers wanted to see whether feelings of interpersonal guilt (guilt about hurting, disappointing or burdening the other person) are more present during couple conflicts.
—Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 16 Aug. 2025
Stopping this practice would go a long way to make college more affordable without burdening taxpayers.
—Paul Weinstein Jr., Forbes, 22 Dec. 2024
Confession might ease your mind but at the expense of burdening another.
—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
Allison Morrow, CNN Money, 21 Aug. 2025
Green’s express goal is to avoid burdening users with ads.
—Esme Fox, NBC news, 20 Aug. 2025
Researchers wanted to see whether feelings of interpersonal guilt (guilt about hurting, disappointing or burdening the other person) are more present during couple conflicts.
—Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 16 Aug. 2025
Stopping this practice would go a long way to make college more affordable without burdening taxpayers.
—Paul Weinstein Jr., Forbes, 22 Dec. 2024
Confession might ease your mind but at the expense of burdening another.
—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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Instead of segregating different regions behind loading screens as with previous games, now your environment is a single seamless setting that feels more connected than ever.—
Griff Griffin,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 Sep. 2025
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With Xavier Edwards and Agustin Ramirez on, Otto Lopez reached on a fielder’s choice, loading the bases with two out.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
3 Sep. 2025
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Please read Annie Heilbrunn’s eye-opening story (here) about the often-troubling online interactions between some fans and players.—
Kevin Acee,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
22 Aug. 2025
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Increasingly, the initiative has been seen as luring in low income countries with promises of lofty investment, but saddling them with unsustainable debts.—
Holly Ellyatt,
CNBC,
29 Aug. 2025
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His strategy could bankrupt or diminish the fund, some legal scholars and public health leaders say, saddling pharmaceutical companies with liability risks and costs that would compel them to stop making vaccines altogether.—
Stephanie Armour,
CNN Money,
18 Aug. 2025
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Our cheese filling includes part-skim mozzarella and ricotta cheese.—
Bethany Thayer,
Freep.com,
6 Sep. 2025
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In fiscal year 2024, 19 states reported filling all slots in the Conrad 30 program, according to data collected by 3RNET, a nonprofit that connects health professionals with jobs in rural areas.—
Center Square,
The Washington Examiner,
6 Sep. 2025
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The plan keeps international credits out of the EU Emissions Trading System, avoiding the risk of depressing carbon prices for European industry.—
María Mendiluce,
Forbes.com,
2 Sep. 2025
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The very worst position as an individual farmer is to have a poor crop in a year when yields are high nationally, depressing prices.—
Edward Lotterman,
Twin Cities,
17 Aug. 2025
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Jamie Simpson of Covington was sentenced in March to 60 years in prison for holding his wife captive and torturing her for hours before barricading himself inside her home in a lengthy standoff with police.—
Quinlan Bentley,
The Enquirer,
3 Sep. 2025
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Emmett was just 14 when he was kidnapped from his great-uncle’s house by two White men who later admitted to beating and torturing the teen before shooting him in the head and throwing his body into the Tallahatchie River, weighed down by a 75-pound cotton gin fan.—
Rebekah Riess,
CNN Money,
31 Aug. 2025
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Ten Hag’s first season at United yielded silverware and a third-place league finish, but also had bouts of concerning away form, with tactical weaknesses that would eventually spread and critically undermine his plans for the future.—
Carl Anka,
New York Times,
5 Sep. 2025
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Far more concerning is the fact that the median age of onset for eating disorders in the United States coincides with the typical age of college enrollment.—
Mallary Tenore Tarpley,
Time,
5 Sep. 2025
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Patients often wait until the doctor is standing up to leave before blurting out their real concern, which is typically a sensitive or time-consuming problem, such as wanting to start birth control, having painful periods, or worrying about pregnancy or STDs.—
Dr. Jill Grimes,
CNN Money,
8 Sep. 2025
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Losing or leaving a job is already stressful enough without worrying about when your last paycheck will show up.—
Tiffani Jackson,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
8 Sep. 2025
Cite this Entry
“Burdening.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/burdening. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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