encumbering
Example Sentences
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Those documents alleged that Lisa Marie Presley, Keough’s mother, had borrowed $3.8 million from the company and “gave a deed of trust encumbering Graceland as security.”
From Los Angeles Times ● May 22, 2024
Global competition and “innovation” have often been cited as reasons to avoid encumbering tech companies with regulation.
From Slate ● Dec. 28, 2023
Forbes reported on how the influx of returns has encumbering retailers since early 2021.
From Washington Times ● Jun. 28, 2022
This can be an offer to hold any encumbering items — though not, presumably, the cane.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 21, 2021
Encum′berment, the act of encumbering: the state of being encumbered; Encum′brance, that which encumbers or hinders: a legal claim on an estate: one dependent on another—e.g. 'a widow without encumbrances'=a widow without children; Encum′brancer.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) by Various
