1
as in loads
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 responsibilities
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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1
as in weights
to place a weight or burden on
burdened the dog with a little backpack
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as in troubles
to make sad
refuses to let everyday problems burden her
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Recent Examples of burdens
Elliot Haspel, The Atlantic, 28 Oct. 2025
Pujols is well-acquainted, too, with the burdens of being the face of a franchise with World Series title aspirations every year.
—Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Oct. 2025
More than 57,000 Louisville households face high energy burdens, defined by more than 6% of income going toward energy bills, the report found.
—Connor Giffin, Louisville Courier Journal, 22 Oct. 2025
Opponents argue that judges already have tools to effectively deny bail and say that people who are presumed to be innocent would be in jail longer, creating financial and personal burdens.
—Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 17 Oct. 2025
Massachusetts, mired in one-party Democratic rule that has fueled high taxes and regulatory burdens, could learn from New Hampshire’s model — fielding pragmatic conservatives who unite factions to challenge seats like Massachusetts’ 9th Congressional District.
—Kristin Tate, Boston Herald, 15 Oct. 2025
This speed allows for higher research throughput while reducing ethical and financial burdens.
—Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 15 Oct. 2025
Some of these changemakers work to raise awareness of the mental health burdens of the illness, others elevate standards of care for pregnant people, and still others try to bring essential resources to countries with limited health-care availability.
—Lauren J. Young, Scientific American, 14 Oct. 2025
Ending the war will offer the Israeli leader relief from daily headlines of IDF casualties, strained reservist forces, increasing international isolation and severe economic damage – heavy burdens for electoral campaigns.
—Tal Shalev, CNN Money, 11 Oct. 2025
Ashley Lopez, NPR, 10 Oct. 2025
Critics of the way the administration is handling immigration enforcement have raised concerns that holding people without criminal convictions or charges unnecessarily burdens the system and pulls undocumented immigrants away from their families.
—Dan Gooding, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Aug. 2025
As more states move to reduce and phase out their income taxes in the coming years, the lack of an income tax becomes less of an advantage, making the need to address relatively high property tax burdens more imperative.
—Patrick Gleason, Forbes.com, 20 Aug. 2025
Why would citizens vote for someone who burdens them with regressive taxes and prioritizes labor unions and migrants over them?
—Willie Wilson, Chicago Tribune, 14 Aug. 2025
Noun
The department will be asking the state legislature for $120 million in additional funding, but the money is not guaranteed to be approved, particularly in the face of budget uncertainty after Congress passed a bill in July that puts new financial burdens on states.
—Elliot Haspel, The Atlantic, 28 Oct. 2025
Pujols is well-acquainted, too, with the burdens of being the face of a franchise with World Series title aspirations every year.
—Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Oct. 2025
More than 57,000 Louisville households face high energy burdens, defined by more than 6% of income going toward energy bills, the report found.
—Connor Giffin, Louisville Courier Journal, 22 Oct. 2025
Opponents argue that judges already have tools to effectively deny bail and say that people who are presumed to be innocent would be in jail longer, creating financial and personal burdens.
—Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 17 Oct. 2025
Massachusetts, mired in one-party Democratic rule that has fueled high taxes and regulatory burdens, could learn from New Hampshire’s model — fielding pragmatic conservatives who unite factions to challenge seats like Massachusetts’ 9th Congressional District.
—Kristin Tate, Boston Herald, 15 Oct. 2025
This speed allows for higher research throughput while reducing ethical and financial burdens.
—Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 15 Oct. 2025
Some of these changemakers work to raise awareness of the mental health burdens of the illness, others elevate standards of care for pregnant people, and still others try to bring essential resources to countries with limited health-care availability.
—Lauren J. Young, Scientific American, 14 Oct. 2025
Ending the war will offer the Israeli leader relief from daily headlines of IDF casualties, strained reservist forces, increasing international isolation and severe economic damage – heavy burdens for electoral campaigns.
—Tal Shalev, CNN Money, 11 Oct. 2025
Verb
And that burdens a lot of our recipients.
—Ashley Lopez, NPR, 10 Oct. 2025
Critics of the way the administration is handling immigration enforcement have raised concerns that holding people without criminal convictions or charges unnecessarily burdens the system and pulls undocumented immigrants away from their families.
—Dan Gooding, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Aug. 2025
As more states move to reduce and phase out their income taxes in the coming years, the lack of an income tax becomes less of an advantage, making the need to address relatively high property tax burdens more imperative.
—Patrick Gleason, Forbes.com, 20 Aug. 2025
Why would citizens vote for someone who burdens them with regressive taxes and prioritizes labor unions and migrants over them?
—Willie Wilson, Chicago Tribune, 14 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for burdens
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AIAssistWorks loads into common apps like Google Sheets, Docs, and Slides.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
20 Oct. 2025
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Alexandra Shapiro and Brian Steel are in the cafeteria having a chat as the latter loads up on valuable potassium via a morning banana.—
NBC News,
NBC news,
3 Oct. 2025
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Rather, what troubles him are the claims that the song’s success has been manufactured.—
Melinda Newman,
Billboard,
1 Oct. 2025
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But the financial angle troubles her further.—
Ashley Vega,
PEOPLE,
1 Oct. 2025
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Instead, the dean worries about how the situation will come off to the rest of the academic community.—
Shirley Li,
The Atlantic,
22 Oct. 2025
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Garder worries about the dollars that aren’t coming in at all if travelers decide to skip national parks during the shutdown.—
Ignacio Calderon,
USA Today,
21 Oct. 2025
Verb
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The boomerang reaches new levels of significance Australian boomerangs come in a variety of shapes and sizes, and typically, the feat of engineering behind them concerns the weapon’s ability to return to the thrower.—
Maria Mocerino,
Interesting Engineering,
25 Oct. 2025
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A lot of these products pack a larger caffeine punch, so if that concerns you then Naked Protein’s comparatively tame 95mg might be more your speed.—
Adam Campbell-Schmitt,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
23 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Their style of pitching — relentlessly pound the strike zone — works well in a ballpark where the thick air depresses doubles and triples.—
Tyler Kepner,
New York Times,
16 Oct. 2025
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As Aerohart explains of its own device, the user simply puts the tinder – char cloth seems to be the most recommended – inside the cavity at the tip of the removable piston rod, reinstalls the piston back into the cylinder, then firmly and rapidly depresses it.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
6 Oct. 2025
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The mistake tortures them, which prompts the couple to try and solve the mystery by producing a fake play in an attempt to get their ex-neighbor Mary (Chloe Cherry) to audition.—
Christian Zilko,
IndieWire,
3 Oct. 2025
Verb
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His policies have been instrumental in dismantling the criminal enterprise that oppresses the Venezuelan people.—
Amir Daftari,
MSNBC Newsweek,
10 Oct. 2025
Cite this Entry
“Burdens.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/burdens. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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