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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2
as in troubles
to make sad
refuses to let everyday problems burden her
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Recent Examples of burdens
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
In his letter, Raghu, who has a stepdaughter, detailed significant legal and financial burdens on his family that were prompted by the misunderstanding around the perfume bottle.
—Kimmy Yam, NBC news, 10 Oct. 2025
In the absence of a clear chain of command and accountability, industry regulators are more likely to impose broad, restrictive, stifling innovation and creating significant compliance burdens.
—Nelson Lim, Fortune, 10 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
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
In his letter, Raghu, who has a stepdaughter, detailed significant legal and financial burdens on his family that were prompted by the misunderstanding around the perfume bottle.
—Kimmy Yam, NBC news, 10 Oct. 2025
In the absence of a clear chain of command and accountability, industry regulators are more likely to impose broad, restrictive, stifling innovation and creating significant compliance burdens.
—Nelson Lim, Fortune, 10 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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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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The material withstands compressive loads more than 10 times its weight.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
19 Sep. 2025
Verb
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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
Verb
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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 other legend concerns a black magic practitioner who fell in love with a princess.—
Sophie Friedman,
AFAR Media,
22 Oct. 2025
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Despite a national decline in bank robberies over the past several years, Colorado remains among the top states for these crimes — a fact that concerns local banking leaders who report an uptick in heists.—
Stepheny Price,
FOXNews.com,
20 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
Verb
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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
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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
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“Burdens.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/burdens. Accessed 25 Oct. 2025.
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