overcrowded

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Recent Examples of overcrowded Many perennial beds will eventually become overcrowded. Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 9 Apr. 2025 Between skincare, makeup, and hair tools, bathrooms can quickly become overcrowded with products that are necessary to have at arm’s reach but hard to organize, and that doesn’t even include washcloths, towels, and toilet paper. Rachel Trujillo, People.com, 7 Apr. 2025 Initially, Nunez Gonzalez was taken to Krome Detention Center in south Miami-Dade, which has become overcrowded amid the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown. Milena Malaver, Miami Herald, 28 Mar. 2025 The big picture: Municipal jails are chronically overcrowded and understaffed. Lucille Sherman, Axios, 7 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for overcrowded
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  • This sustainable approach stems from her upbringing in a crowded household with three siblings.
    Pooja Shah, Forbes.com, 21 Apr. 2025
  • The most crowded trade in April was gold, according to Bank of America’s survey, breaking a two-year streak of the most crowded trade being the Magnificent Seven tech stocks.
    John Towfighi, CNN Money, 21 Apr. 2025

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“Overcrowded.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overcrowded. Accessed 2 May. 2025.

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