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as in oppressive
difficult to endure
the burdensome living conditions that the early settlers had to endure
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as in challenging
requiring much time, effort, or careful attention
the burdensome task of finishing the tax return
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Recent Examples of burdensome
But business leaders and the governor’s office wanted the credit-trading system, fearing that burdensome regulation would force some companies to move out of state.
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Noelle Phillips, Denver Post, 20 July 2025
During this time, free states in the upper Midwest that bordered slave states passed laws creating legal disabilities and burdensome bureaucratic hurdles for free Black people who wanted to stay within their borders.
—Time, 14 July 2025
For years, that often meant daily insulin injections, which many patients found to be burdensome but necessary.
—Dr. Jamin Brahmbhatt, CNN Money, 14 July 2025
Mortgage rates, while not historically extreme, are more than double what most homeowners grew used to during the long era of near-zero interest, a shift that’s been psychologically jarring, not just financially burdensome.
—Alexander Puutio, Forbes.com, 18 July 2025
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Noelle Phillips, Denver Post, 20 July 2025
During this time, free states in the upper Midwest that bordered slave states passed laws creating legal disabilities and burdensome bureaucratic hurdles for free Black people who wanted to stay within their borders.
—Time, 14 July 2025
For years, that often meant daily insulin injections, which many patients found to be burdensome but necessary.
—Dr. Jamin Brahmbhatt, CNN Money, 14 July 2025
Mortgage rates, while not historically extreme, are more than double what most homeowners grew used to during the long era of near-zero interest, a shift that’s been psychologically jarring, not just financially burdensome.
—Alexander Puutio, Forbes.com, 18 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for burdensome
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In many areas along and east of the Mississippi River, heat index values could soar to between 110 and 115 degrees — the kind of oppressive heat that can quickly turn dangerous without proper precautions.—
Brandi D. Addison,
Austin American Statesman,
23 July 2025
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Sweltering under a heat dome that brought oppressive triple-digit temperatures and humidity to large swaths of the Midwest and East Coast, average daily highs in Chicago topped 84.1 degrees in June, 3.7 degrees above normal.—
Robert Channick,
Chicago Tribune,
22 July 2025
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In life and the garden: Try to be tolerant, don’t demand perfection and figure out how to improve challenging, tough situations.—
Rita Perwich,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
2 Aug. 2025
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Students who have a plan can better anticipate what to expect and manage their time and energy, even during the challenging moments. Don’t have a strategy?—
Micki Meyer,
The Orlando Sentinel,
2 Aug. 2025
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The harsh reality is this: not all cell phone forensic extractions are created equal, and the most important evidence for trucking cases on the smartphone will be gone in days or weeks.—
Lars Daniel,
Forbes.com,
22 July 2025
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Late-night talk shows across the board are facing the harsh reality that declines in ad revenue can’t make up for burgeoning production costs.—
Liam Reilly,
CNN Money,
22 July 2025
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Some students may face family challenges that affect their ability to get to school, and some changes to the State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness test, such as its move to online instead of paper form, could be difficult for students who only access computers at school, Maldonado said.—
Keri Heath,
Austin American Statesman,
30 July 2025
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Diseases that are difficult to manage without early intervention, including diabetes, heart disease and cancer, place a significant burden on health care budgets and patient quality of life.—
Kim Praitano,
Sun Sentinel,
29 July 2025
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Lamont, who had proposed boosting special education aid by $40 million — but not until July 2026 — countered that the state budget already was on pace to exceed the budget cap and that legislators needed to make tough choices and trim spending.—
Keith M. Phaneuf,
Hartford Courant,
2 Aug. 2025
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Stage eight on Saturday will mark the start of a tough weekend of reckoning for the GC riders in the mountains to conclude the Tour.—
Jessica Hopkins,
New York Times,
1 Aug. 2025
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While speed-scouting for deer usually requires boots-on-the-ground, pheasant scouting isn’t usually so demanding.—
Natalie Krebs,
Outdoor Life,
30 July 2025
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The most common jobs for unauthorized immigrants also tend to offer lower pay and be more physically demanding.—
Claudia Sahm,
Mercury News,
29 July 2025
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In a searing rebuttal days before the British socialite was convicted for procuring victims for Epstein’s abuse in December 2021, Comey spoke to the perverted duo’s reasons for targeting teens from disadvantaged backgrounds.—
Molly Crane-Newman,
New York Daily News,
17 July 2025
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In a searing ruling against the Trump administration, a federal judge on Friday temporarily blocked federal agents from using racial profiling to carry out indiscriminate immigration arrests that advocates say have terrorized Angelenos, forced people into hiding and damaged the local economy.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
12 July 2025
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The Bill Imposes Stringent Work Requirements On Medicaid Enrollees The bill enacts new conditions on Medicaid eligibility, requiring individuals between the ages of 19 and 64 to work at least 80 hours per month and undertake onerous reporting requirements.—
Jamila Taylor,
Forbes.com,
22 July 2025
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Key industry players believe stablecoins will allow people and companies the ability to transfer money as digital currency anywhere in the world instantaneously, regardless of borders, without onerous and expensive bank or money transfer fees.—
Rafael Nam,
NPR,
19 July 2025
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“Burdensome.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/burdensome. Accessed 6 Aug. 2025.
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