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overcrowd

[oh-ver-kroud] / ˌoʊ vərˈkraʊd /








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Don’t overcrowd a space with too many furniture elements.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 17, 2023

However, Roger Benn, co-chair of Hebden Royd Business Forum, says there's a fine balance to be sought so as not to overcrowd the now-famous valley.

From BBC • Feb. 4, 2023

Cook them in batches, if need be, but don't overcrowd the pan, or the mushrooms will never brown properly.

From Salon • Feb. 1, 2023

“I don’t even know if it’s possible to overcrowd your way into buying a house anywhere in L.A. when every house is $1 million,” Fulton said.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 19, 2022

There they obtain a precarious subsistence in ways unknown; some pick up the crumbs that fall from the rich man’s table, others overcrowd the workhouses.

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 377, March 1847 by Various




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