- present participle of burden.
burdening
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“There are probably an infinite number of ways. I think the right question is: What is the right and fairest way to share the cost without unduly burdening anyone?”
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 9, 2026
The city claims the law firm is “presently burdening the courts and the City’s Law Department” with hundreds of such cases and also sued “dozens of utility companies and paving contractors.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026
That faced some controversy from the community who argued the city was erasing their history and burdening them with the cost to change stationery.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 21, 2026
The nonprofit has been going through its own planning process for months to figure out how to sell electricity to data centers without burdening other customers, and expects to release a comprehensive plan.
From Barron's ● Jan. 16, 2026
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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