overcrowded

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Recent Examples of overcrowded And many families are frustrated by rigid curricula and overcrowded classrooms. Rodger Dean Duncan, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025 The circumstances in Sacramento mirror similar reports across the country that immigrants are being kept inside overcrowded and unsanitary offices for multiple days. Mathew Miranda, Sacbee.com, 5 Sep. 2025 The Ball State report notes that the adjacent Indiana Dunes State Park beach area is overcrowded at times. Jim Woods, Chicago Tribune, 29 Aug. 2025 This means the once-romantic streets of Venice are overcrowded, the picturesque shorelines of Positano are bursting, and the stunning architecture of Rome is obscured by the hundreds of people milling about on every street corner. Opheli Garcia Lawler, Travel + Leisure, 19 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for overcrowded
Recent Examples of Synonyms for overcrowded
Adjective
  • The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Spencer were notified on Friday of an overloaded vessel with 191 migrant onboard being disabled in international waters.
    Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 2 Sep. 2025
  • Both offer epic burgers, Friday catfish and overloaded sundaes.
    Kat Robinson RIVER VALLEY EATS, Arkansas Online, 31 Aug. 2025
Adjective
  • The Modern Shift Rest assured, the overstuffed, faux version of Tuscan style is not making a comeback.
    Sophie Flaxman, Better Homes & Gardens, 9 Sep. 2025
  • Expiring food that couldn’t fit inside the overstuffed refrigerator and freezer sat spoiling on the counter, growing mold and attracting flies.
    Kristen Kidd, Denver Post, 30 Aug. 2025
Adjective
  • At first glance, Nam-Joon Cho’s lab at Singapore’s Nanyang Technological University looks like your typical research facility—scientists toiling away, crowded workbenches, a hum of machinery in the background.
    Sandy Ong, JSTOR Daily, 11 Sep. 2025
  • The company has been around for over four decades, and other big-name tech companies, such as IBM, Microsoft, and Amazon, have made the cloud services market more crowded than ever.
    Preston Fore, Fortune, 11 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • The more unexpected takeaway was the show's graphic depiction of an overflowing toilet as the climax of the episode, which was set on Thanksgiving Day.
    Carson Blackwelder, People.com, 26 Aug. 2025
  • In the suburban village of Wauwatosa, an overflowing and fast-moving Menomonee River submerged a popular playground.
    Ryan Morik, FOXNews.com, 11 Aug. 2025

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“Overcrowded.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overcrowded. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.

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