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[bur-dn] / ˈbɜr dn /




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As if their unconventional childhoods weren’t troubled enough, Asa and Yuru’s twinship comes with another heavy burden: saving the world.

From Salon Jul. 18, 2026

The guidelines aim to promote early awareness and intervention in a bid to reduce the burden of dementia in the coming decades, it said.

From Barron's Jul. 15, 2026

You are in the distribution phase of your retirement, so how will he help minimize your tax burden?

From MarketWatch Jul. 14, 2026

The UK is facing similar issues to many of its peers; an ageing population, cost of living pressures and a growing burden of mental health problems.

From BBC Jul. 12, 2026

“You can be the hands that lift the load, or you can be the burden itself. You choose.”

From "The Detective's Assistant" by Kate Hannigan

The agency rationalizes its proposal as seeking “a tradeoff between reducing regulatory burdens ... and promoting efficient financial markets through timely disclosure.”

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 8, 2026

How should an American abroad balance U.S. and foreign accounts, manage currency and transfer costs, and avoid investments that create disproportionate tax or reporting burdens?

From MarketWatch Jul. 2, 2026

Sato said Tuesday that, generally speaking, a weaker yen boosts exporters’ profits and inbound tourism, while it adds burdens on households and smaller businesses by increasing import costs.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 30, 2026

The differences that make humans special are treated as burdens by chatbots.

From Salon Jun. 28, 2026

We think the transition to middle school is hard enough without having to place greater burdens or hardships on these young, impressionable minds.

From "Wonder" by R. J. Palacio

Earlier this year Greece's tourism minister said she did not want visitors to be "burdened" by bureaucratic procedures when entering or leaving the country.

From BBC Jun. 23, 2026

Though easing gasoline prices provided some relief, respondents continue to feel burdened by inflation.

From Barron's Jun. 21, 2026

It’s a sea of nightmares in suits, and among them is Schlossberg, the Dennis the Menace we don’t deserve, don’t really want, but are burdened with regardless.

From Slate Jun. 18, 2026

Smart, ambitious and dogged, she is not burdened by a dark past or traumatic pain or the generally dour outlook that plague so many of her peers.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 8, 2026

I remembered him as a strange, shrunken man, his shoulders hunched as though burdened by a terrible weight.

From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros

According to City Journal, data centers generate nearly half of the county’s tax revenue, often without burdening residents.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 19, 2026

“A life-insurance policy can be specifically purchased to provide a cash payout to the non-business child, effectively equalizing their inheritance without burdening the business or the child taking it over,” it says.

From MarketWatch Mar. 6, 2026

Germany is facing a perfect storm: high energy costs burdening manufacturers, weak demand for its exports in key markets, the emergence of China as an industrial rival and the US tariff onslaught.

From Barron's Dec. 2, 2025

In that case, a suit filed by Paula Jones against Bill Clinton, the majority warned that it might be appropriate to delay litigation to avoid burdening the defendant, the incumbent president.

From Slate Jul. 23, 2025

Based on numbers, it has a limitless complexity to engage the ingenuity and creativity of its adherents, without burdening them with the need for validation or testing.

From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos




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