burdensome
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Justice Neil Gorsuch similarly said that he was “struggling” to see how imposing strict scrutiny, rather than applying the less burdensome rational basis standard, would “be the end of the world.”
From Slate ● Nov. 4, 2026
“Since landlords don’t pay the utility bill for their tenants most of the time, it is unreasonable for them to place burdensome restrictions on their tenants.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 27, 2026
By contrast, home prices and rents are now growing fastest in the Northeast, West Coast and areas of the Midwest where local zoning regulations and burdensome permitting make it harder to build.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026
He added the industry would work with government to make sure the scheme's roll-out would not be "burdensome" for the hospitality sector.
From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2026
Oppie judged that Ernest would never have the freedom there that he had at Berkeley, and he guessed that his friend would find the duties of a dean burdensome.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
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