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burden

[bur-dn] / ˈbɜr dn /




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Case said the settlement is not an admission of liability or wrongdoing, but rather a means to “avoid the burden, expense, and uncertainty of continued litigation.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 18, 2026

‘The Strange Case’. . . throws the emphasis on the word ‘case,’ but Stevenson’s actual title puts its burden on ‘strange.’

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026

"Children cannot be expected to carry the burden of a crisis they did not create," said Arshad Malik, the charity's Asia regional director.

From Barron's ● Oct. 15, 2026

The findings suggest that additional factors may be contributing to the growing burden of cancer in younger generations.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 14, 2026

Getting five million dollars was not a burden.

From "Millionaires for the Month" by Stacey McAnulty

In April 2025, President Trump signed Executive Order 14276, “Restoring American Seafood Competitiveness,” which instructed government officials to reduce regulatory burdens and boost the commercial fishing and aquaculture sectors in the United States.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2026

“Probate can add costs, administrative burdens and stress for families during a period of grief. It also impacts privacy and can complicate asset management.”

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 27, 2026

Investment burdens would rise sharply for participating companies, weighing on their credit profiles, they say.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 21, 2026

It increases burdens on the patient, physician, and the entire healthcare system.

From Slate ● Sep. 9, 2026

It was the knowledge that none of our choices mattered, that all our pain and all our suffering would end with the world, and we’d be free of those burdens.

From "We Are the Ants" by Shaun David Hutchinson

By uncovering this hidden complexity, scientists hope to improve disease detection, develop more reliable treatments, and reduce the crop losses that have long burdened mushroom producers.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 11, 2026

"Any initiative that strengthens Ukraine's already highly capable, but heavily burdened, cyber defence efforts is a welcome development and could provide a valuable force multiplier," he said.

From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026

"For me, it's a sad feeling, because a place burdened by history is being built over, sacrificed to the economy," Erich Strobl, head of a local campaign to preserve part of the site, told AFP.

From Barron's ● Aug. 28, 2026

Hamilton’s prescriptions responded to the unique circumstances of a new nation burdened by Revolutionary War debt, dependent on foreign manufactures and lacking other reliable sources of federal revenue.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026

A long and burdened moment passed before he spoke again.

From "Ophelia" by Lisa Klein

According to City Journal, data centers generate nearly half of the county’s tax revenue, often without burdening residents.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 19, 2026

That faced some controversy from the community who argued the city was erasing their history and burdening them with the cost to change stationery.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 21, 2026

“A life-insurance policy can be specifically purchased to provide a cash payout to the non-business child, effectively equalizing their inheritance without burdening the business or the child taking it over,” it says.

From MarketWatch ● Mar. 6, 2026

Actor-filmmaker Aamir Khan slammed stars for burdening producers with these costs.

From Barron's ● Dec. 22, 2025

Based on numbers, it has a limitless complexity to engage the ingenuity and creativity of its adherents, without burdening them with the need for validation or testing.

From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos


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