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burn

Definition for burn

verb as in be on fire; set on fire

verb as in cause or feel stinging pain

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hurt

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bite, pain, smart, sting, tingle

verb as in be excited about; yearn for

verb as in cheat

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beat, take, use

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What I could do with my financial knowledge was plug her savings balance into a simple spend-down calculator, to see how long her money would last at her current burn rate.

I’ve been watching the AI bubble inflate for months now — the unsustainable burn rates, the pilot projects that went nowhere, the startups that couldn’t explain their unit economics.

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I have girlfriends who may not be making as much money as their spouses, or vice versa, and everybody is out there hustling and grinding it out and burning the candle at both ends.

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Others in the grassroots network saw their homes burned down or suffer extensive damage.

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Harmful emissions from burning fossil fuel led to 44% of these deaths.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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