overcrowded
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Gratton’s research shows that the 40s and 50s are frequently the most overcrowded decades of a modern career, as professional responsibility, financial pressure and family caregiving demands peak all at the same time.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 27, 2026
Mohammed Annour spent much of his youth living in a flimsy shelter in a dusty, overcrowded refugee camp in east Africa, where the days were long, the food was poor and the future nonexistent.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2026
While most of the protests have been peaceful, students say they are determined to press the government to address the problems of too many absent teachers, dilapidated buildings, overcrowded class schedules and other grievances.
From Barron's ● Oct. 13, 2026
"There's nowhere for people to live. A lot of places are overcrowded as it is. People have been waiting. I think we've got enough technology going around, I really don't think we need any more."
From BBC ● Oct. 4, 2026
After one week, the infirmary becomes overcrowded and the nurses force us to leave.
From "First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers" by Loung Ung
Vocabulary lists containing overcrowded
over (above, too much)
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