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burdensome

[bur-dn-suhm] / ˈbɜr dn səm /


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However, the incident prompted a backlash, becoming a rallying cry over L.A.’s burdensome filming bureaucracy.

From Los Angeles Times • May 17, 2026

Higher rates raise borrowing costs for households and businesses, strain credit markets and increase the federal government’s already burdensome interest expenses.

From MarketWatch • May 13, 2026

For the buyers, it’s way cheaper, more efficient, and less burdensome than the official Meta/TikTok/YouTube ad-and-influencer apparatus.

From Slate • May 6, 2026

The governor begrudgingly signed the AI bill into law in 2024, but hoped a revised, less burdensome version could serve as a model for a broader federal regulatory framework.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 4, 2026

The stewards of something uncomfortable, burdensome, which they hated because, living outside the realm of history, there was no one to applaud their value and they themselves failed to understand it.

From "Invisible Man" by Ralph Ellison




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