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as in load
a mass or quantity of something taken up and carried, conveyed, or transported
the early settlers often used horses to carry their burdens
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2
as in responsibility
something one must do because of prior agreement
the burden of homework prevented the youngster from joining his friends at the game
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as in to load
to place a weight or burden on
burdened the dog with a little backpack
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as in to trouble
to make sad
refuses to let everyday problems burden her
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Recent Examples of burden
Mac Engel, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 8 Apr. 2025
Importers, in turn, typically pass on the cost of the tariffs to consumers, resulting in a heavy financial burden on regular Americans.
—Chris Sommerfeldt, New York Daily News, 8 Apr. 2025
Dade Hayes, Deadline, 28 Mar. 2025
School choice is about empowering all families — regardless of income — to select the best education for their children, and burdening schools and families with excessive red tape will only stand in the way of that goal.
—Skylar Zander, The Orlando Sentinel, 28 Mar. 2025
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Noun
Few teams in pro sports feel the burden of past successes, and painful near misses, like these two franchises.
—Mac Engel, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 8 Apr. 2025
Importers, in turn, typically pass on the cost of the tariffs to consumers, resulting in a heavy financial burden on regular Americans.
—Chris Sommerfeldt, New York Daily News, 8 Apr. 2025
Verb
An overwhelming majority of economists and market watchers expect that businesses and consumers will be burdened by tariffs and an escalating trade war that is likely to result from them.
—Dade Hayes, Deadline, 28 Mar. 2025
School choice is about empowering all families — regardless of income — to select the best education for their children, and burdening schools and families with excessive red tape will only stand in the way of that goal.
—Skylar Zander, The Orlando Sentinel, 28 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for burden
Verb
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Holt Logistics employs about 500 workers at the Port of Philadelphia, where longshoremen unpack and load products like fruit from around the world — produce destined for supermarkets across the U.S.—
Tom Hanson,
CBS News,
9 Apr. 2025
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The Mets had the bases loaded in the bottom of the sixth inning and were already leading 9-5 when Tyrone Taylor hit a deep drive to the warning track at Citi Field.—
Ryan Gaydos,
FOXNews.com,
9 Apr. 2025
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Uncertainty around the mounting trade war has troubled markets lately, sending stocks lower to begin the year.—
Lisa Kailai Han,
CNBC,
2 Apr. 2025
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The last week-and-a-half has been a blast and she’s played like someone who can compete against and trouble the elite.—
Tim Ellis,
Forbes.com,
27 Mar. 2025
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This threatens to significantly depress consumer purchasing and affect the entire industry.—
Kristina Partsinevelos,
CNBC,
3 Apr. 2025
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The 25% tariffs on all car, truck, and auto part imports that the president announced Wednesday evening continued to depress automakers’ stocks Friday, with Stellantis (STLA) dropping 4.1%, Ford (F) down 2%, and General Motors (GM) off 1.1%.—
Josh Fellman,
Quartz,
28 Mar. 2025
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Newsom said the trend of becoming more connected through technology, yet more isolated from each other, was particularly worrying among young men.—
William Melhado,
Sacbee.com,
2 Apr. 2025
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That’s more than the average user would use, so don't worry about about hitting your allowances.—
StackCommerce Team (Sponsored),
PC Magazine,
2 Apr. 2025
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They shouldn’t be concerned that their AI interactions might be monitored.—
David Gucker,
Forbes.com,
28 Mar. 2025
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Greene quickly told Kelner to concern herself with the affairs of her own country, specifically a high migrant crisis in the UK.—
Anthony Robledo,
USA Today,
28 Mar. 2025
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First, students are primed through exposure to narratives that depict a binary world of oppressors and oppressed.—
Kevin Waldman,
Chicago Tribune,
3 Apr. 2025
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Remember Mandela, who rose from the ashes of prison to become the president of South Africa, a country that had oppressed him and his people for decades.—
Bea L. Hines,
Miami Herald,
28 Mar. 2025
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The pharma giant’s stock has fallen 46% over the past 12 months, weighed down by setbacks including clinical trials that failed to meet expectations.—
Bruce Gil,
Quartz,
2 Apr. 2025
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The monarchs weighed down the trees’ boughs in enormous, swollen clusters and danced around white blossoms that laced the ground cover.—
Chloe Berge,
AFAR Media,
14 Mar. 2025
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The Cost Of Erasure Bisexual erasure can be distressing for many who identify as such.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes,
24 Mar. 2025
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Editor’s Note: This article contains distressing details from the outset.—
Joseph Ataman,
CNN,
24 Feb. 2025
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“Burden.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/burden. Accessed 15 Apr. 2025.
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