- present participle of encumber.
encumbering
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Global competition and “innovation” have often been cited as reasons to avoid encumbering tech companies with regulation.
From Slate ● Dec. 28, 2023
Forbes reported on how the influx of returns has encumbering retailers since early 2021.
From Washington Times ● Jun. 28, 2022
This can be an offer to hold any encumbering items — though not, presumably, the cane.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 21, 2021
None will likely feel the strain encumbering Matsuyama in the coming days.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 29, 2021
Market Hill is not very large for its purpose even now; but till the nineteenth century it was much smaller, with more than one range of houses encumbering its area.
From Highways and Byways in Cambridge and Ely by Edward Conybeare
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