as in obstructed
to prevent passage through by filling with something
the usual weekend traffic congested the region's highways
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Recent Examples of congested
Alexandra Skores, CNN Money, 24 Sep. 2025
The tunnel targets the hardest, most congested part of the route, providing a nearly flat, straight route, according to the European Climate, Infrastructure and Environment Executive Agency (CINEA).
—Amira El-Fekki, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 Sep. 2025
Jami Ganz, New York Daily News, 4 Dec. 2024
Ipswich congested the midfield well (particularly in the first half), meaning United’s attempts to play two-touch, pass-and-move football lacked finesse.
—Carl Anka, The Athletic, 24 Nov. 2024
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Verb
The suit also faults the Federal Aviation Administration for allowing the congested airspace to exist and the actions of controllers.
—Alexandra Skores, CNN Money, 24 Sep. 2025
The tunnel targets the hardest, most congested part of the route, providing a nearly flat, straight route, according to the European Climate, Infrastructure and Environment Executive Agency (CINEA).
—Amira El-Fekki, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 Sep. 2025
Adjective
Traffic in the evening is predicted to be congested.
—Jami Ganz, New York Daily News, 4 Dec. 2024
Ipswich congested the midfield well (particularly in the first half), meaning United’s attempts to play two-touch, pass-and-move football lacked finesse.
—Carl Anka, The Athletic, 24 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for congested
Verb
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In May 2018, she was diagnosed with aortic stenosis, a condition where the aortic valve, which controls blood flow from the heart to the body, becomes narrowed or obstructed.—
Vanessa Etienne,
PEOPLE,
8 Oct. 2025
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Women are barred from ordination in the Catholic Church, and the disagreement has obstructed attempts to bring the churches together.—
Christopher Lamb,
CNN Money,
3 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Blanton says detainees were routinely denied their medication and were crammed into overcrowded cells.—
Jonathan Bernstein,
Rolling Stone,
10 Oct. 2025
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Westchester in Briarcliff Manor from an overcrowded shelter in California.—
TJ Macias,
Miami Herald,
9 Oct. 2025
Verb
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At the beginning of the third quarter, Southwest blocked a punt in the end zone, resulting in a safety, which narrowed the deficit to only three points.—
Raul Avila,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
10 Oct. 2025
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Their paths to property blocked by law and custom, and their literacy limited by education and expectation, their lives left fewer traces.—
Jane Kamensky,
The Atlantic,
10 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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This combination of liquid exfoliants gently boosts cell turnover and remove clogged pores; while, tea tree leaf water hydrate and soothes.—
Conçetta Ciarlo,
Vogue,
8 Oct. 2025
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In Alzheimer’s, this transport system often becomes clogged or degraded.—
Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
7 Oct. 2025
Verb
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According to the outlets, the pair heard a loud bang and the elevator cabin jammed before eventually falling down the shaft, along with a number of concrete counterweights.—
Charlotte Phillipp,
PEOPLE,
4 Oct. 2025
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To Gandara’s point about being feisty, Arroyo once jammed her toe running into the stands in pursuit of a ball.—
Walter Villa,
Miami Herald,
3 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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As the head of a startup, Wood is familiar with the challenge of an overloaded schedule.—
Megan Sauer,
CNBC,
14 Oct. 2025
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For years, the power lines, poles and transformers on the aging circuit, known by the number 135-22, that serves his neighborhood, increasingly became overloaded.—
Ivan Penn,
New York Times,
28 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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The tour hit the metro twice in three months, with a truncated show at the Minnesota State Fair Grandstand coming across as rushed and the full set at what was then Xcel Energy Center feeling overstuffed and too long.—
Ross Raihala,
Twin Cities,
11 Oct. 2025
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All’s Fair appears to be an overstuffed Christmas stocking of female Hollywood talent (Kim Kardashian!—
Emma Specter,
Vogue,
9 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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In a post shared on Wednesday morning, Jayapal claimed agents have pulled children from their beds during nighttime raids, fired on civilians in broad daylight, and deployed tear gas on crowded streets.—
Amanda Castro,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 Oct. 2025
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According to a poll from the University of California, Berkeley released in late August, Porter led the crowded field of Democrats with 17 percent support.—
Julia Manchester,
The Hill,
8 Oct. 2025
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“Congested.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/congested. Accessed 16 Oct. 2025.
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