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Recent Examples of unburden Delegating should not be used as a way to unburden yourself of menial, grunt work. Terina Allen, Forbes, 15 Jan. 2025 Seek resources and tools to help unburden your internal teams and accelerate your data transformation. Sirjad Parakkat, Forbes, 30 Oct. 2024 It’s addressed to an infant discovering the world, unburdened by the darkness that casts a shadow over the narrating mother. Nina Foster, JSTOR Daily, 25 Oct. 2024 In addition, sharing your pregnancy loss with others can have a normalizing effect and help unburden you from carrying the weight of your grief alone. Gina Moffa, Parents, 24 Oct. 2024 See All Example Sentences for unburden
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unburden
Verb
  • Vulnerability The goal of storytelling and advocacy is not to unload, but to provide a window into their experience.
    Julie Kratz, Forbes.com, 6 July 2025
  • This year for the first time, the older boys loaded and unloaded the van.
    Caleb Harris, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025
Verb
  • The facility intends to relieve overcrowding in local jails and support President Donald Trump and his administration’s mass deportation initiative.
    Heather Hunter, The Washington Examiner, 30 June 2025
  • The governor said the detention centers will relieve pressure on county jails holding inmates facing deportation.
    Skyler Swisher, The Orlando Sentinel, 27 June 2025

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“Unburden.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unburden. Accessed 9 Jul. 2025.

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