burdens

Example Sentences

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“It does, however, provide an opportunity to evaluate management costs, overhead burdens, and ideally find ways to get after the science faster and more affordably.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 2, 2026

Unfettered from the burdens of leadership, he voted against two of Mr. Trump’s highest-profile national-security nominees, Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026

Guterres also denounced global lending systems, debt burdens and international credit rating structures that he said unfairly disadvantaged African economies.

From BBC • May 12, 2026

“Ultimately, this flexibility might reduce some of the burdens of being a public company and potentially influence a company’s decision to become or remain public,” Atkins said in a statement External link accompanying the proposal.

From Barron's • May 5, 2026

Morning and dusk and morning again I watched them trailing up to a hole in the peak of the roof, carrying their tiny burdens out into the light.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver