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.
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Charlie Hunt,
The Conversation,
11 Mar. 2026
For many reasons Texans are overtaxed as witnessed by the governor claiming surpluses.
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Eleanor Dearman,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
14 Feb. 2026
The people of the state have essentially been overtaxed by that much.
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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
See All Example Sentences for overtax
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.
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Automation can serve as extra memory when our own brains are overloaded with clutter.
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That includes a legal and regulatory framework that does not overburden business.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Brown was hampered by a back injury in college, but that wasn’t enough to scare away the Nets.
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Investors are advised to avoid ASA, as its future performance appears hampered by both gold's current stagnation and management issues.
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“Overtax.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overtax. Accessed 27 Jun. 2026.
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