burdensome
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Justice Neil Gorsuch similarly said that he was “struggling” to see how imposing strict scrutiny, rather than applying the less burdensome rational basis standard, would “be the end of the world.”
From Slate ● Nov. 4, 2026
“It does not feel burdensome at all,” Bareilles said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026
As burdensome as parental controls can be, the easiest way to do it is to set device-level app time limits.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 3, 2026
In 2015, New York created the “BitLicense,” a licensing regime so burdensome that more than a dozen crypto companies, including Kraken, Bitfinex and ShapeShift, pulled their operations out of New York rather than comply.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 21, 2026
Nonetheless, it lightened my burdensome memories and gave me strength to think about things.
From "A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier" by Ishmael Beah
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