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Recent Examples of overcrowded
By then, institutions were chronically underfunded and overcrowded.
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Jen Rose Smith, CNN Money, 14 Oct. 2025
Its general sensibility seems more Superstore than The Office, down to the interstitial montages of customers acting up in the perpetually overcrowded waiting room.
—Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 13 Oct. 2025
Blanton says detainees were routinely denied their medication and were crammed into overcrowded cells.
—Jonathan Bernstein, Rolling Stone, 10 Oct. 2025
Westchester in Briarcliff Manor from an overcrowded shelter in California.
—Tj MacIas, Miami Herald, 9 Oct. 2025
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Jen Rose Smith, CNN Money, 14 Oct. 2025
Its general sensibility seems more Superstore than The Office, down to the interstitial montages of customers acting up in the perpetually overcrowded waiting room.
—Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 13 Oct. 2025
Blanton says detainees were routinely denied their medication and were crammed into overcrowded cells.
—Jonathan Bernstein, Rolling Stone, 10 Oct. 2025
Westchester in Briarcliff Manor from an overcrowded shelter in California.
—Tj MacIas, Miami Herald, 9 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for overcrowded
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 film, as a result, can feel overstuffed.—
Shirley Li,
The Atlantic,
21 Oct. 2025
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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
Adjective
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For ten days in July, fighter jets roared, infantry exchanged fire in crowded streets, and mobile missile launchers twirled their payloads from sandy beachheads as part of its annual Han Kuang exercises.—
Charlie Campbell,
Time,
23 Oct. 2025
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Still, the incident highlights vulnerabilities in airport security, especially in crowded areas not overseen by TSA officers.—
Cindy Von Quednow,
CNN Money,
23 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Natural-looking, minimally invasive rejuvenation, without the overfilled look.—
Elycia Rubin,
HollywoodReporter,
29 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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So there Wilson went toward the overflowing Aces’ bench.—
Ben Pickman,
New York Times,
11 Oct. 2025
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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
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“Overcrowded.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overcrowded. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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