as in to overload
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Recent Examples of overtax
Now, a year later to the day, she’s been fighting relentless fevers above 104 degrees for nearly a month; her liver’s overtaxed, and her body’s too immunocompromised to ward off a virus on its own.
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Catherina Gioino, Fortune, 26 Mar. 2026
And as public opinion on both military action in Iran and the state of the economy continues to sour, a vote for more military spending might well overtax any remaining goodwill of voters and members of Congress alike.
—Charlie Hunt, The Conversation, 11 Mar. 2026
For many reasons Texans are overtaxed as witnessed by the governor claiming surpluses.
—Eleanor Dearman, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 Feb. 2026
The people of the state have essentially been overtaxed by that much.
—Christopher Keating, Hartford Courant, 11 Feb. 2026
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Catherina Gioino, Fortune, 26 Mar. 2026
And as public opinion on both military action in Iran and the state of the economy continues to sour, a vote for more military spending might well overtax any remaining goodwill of voters and members of Congress alike.
—Charlie Hunt, The Conversation, 11 Mar. 2026
For many reasons Texans are overtaxed as witnessed by the governor claiming surpluses.
—Eleanor Dearman, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 Feb. 2026
The people of the state have essentially been overtaxed by that much.
—Christopher Keating, Hartford Courant, 11 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for overtax
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If the wash is too short, too cold, or overloaded, oils and odors remain in the fabric.—
Kathy Barnes,
Better Homes & Gardens,
18 June 2026
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Automation can serve as extra memory when our own brains are overloaded with clutter.—
Aytekin Tank,
Forbes.com,
18 June 2026
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That includes a legal and regulatory framework that does not overburden business.—
Scott Cohn,
CNBC,
16 June 2026
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In the end, some 125 took the offer, threatening to overburden a corps already struggling to inspect even a sliver of the nation’s 130,000 licensed firearms dealers.—
Alec MacGillis,
ProPublica,
1 June 2026
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Actuarial projections that Congress relied on in the 1980s assumed that the program would continue to tax the same share of wages for the next 75 years — about 87% — according to a January report from the Roosevelt Institute.—
Aimee Picchi,
CBS News,
22 June 2026
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By kicking off a building boom, this would lower the cost of living far in excess of any increases associated with taxing commercial property fairly.—
Nolan Gray,
Oc Register,
21 June 2026
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Popular notions of philanthropy as merely a game for the ultrawealthy to fund partisan projects and commit fraud have left the sector vulnerable to political attacks, as the Council on Foundations sees it, influencing policies that hamper essential community services.—
James Pollard,
Los Angeles Times,
15 June 2026
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Congolese health authorities have previously said contact tracing has been hampered by community resistance in some areas and by the rapid expansion of the outbreak into new health zones, increasing the workload for surveillance teams.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
15 June 2026
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“Overtax.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overtax. Accessed 24 Jun. 2026.
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