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Adjective
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In conversation with Fortune, Zhao said there is ample evidence of workers feeling anxious, overworked, and burned out.—
Eleanor Pringle,
Fortune,
26 Aug. 2025 -
There were more calls for service than overworked case managers could handle.—
Joanna Allhands,
AZCentral.com,
18 Aug. 2025
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Numerous studies indicate that physicians have increasingly become overburdened with non-clinical tasks that routinely pull them away from direct patient care; in fact, many hospital systems are facing record attrition due to these factors.—
Forbes.com,
Forbes.com,
26 Aug. 2025
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Rural fire districts are overburdened, underfunded State regulations appear to place the highest burden on the agencies with the lowest budgets.—
Daniel Lempres,
Sacbee.com,
12 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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Gaga ended the performance like an exhausted wind-up doll, caged again physically, but never spiritually.—
Melissa Ruggieri,
USA Today,
8 Sep. 2025
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The apparently recent footage showed two hostages -- Guy Gilboa-Dalal and Alon Ohel -- looking gaunt and exhausted while being driven around Gaza City.—
WAFAA SHURAFA,
Arkansas Online,
7 Sep. 2025
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Operators of a Tucson mobile home park are being sued by Arizona’s top prosecutor, who is accusing them of not telling residents the park's electrical system was dangerous and overloaded, leaving them unable to air condition their homes in the triple-digit heat.—
Catherine Reagor,
AZCentral.com,
22 Aug. 2025
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Coral Springs resident Michele Melnick gets exasperated by how many heavy vehicles are overloaded with cargo.—
Lois K. Solomon,
Sun Sentinel,
20 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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Companies are grappling with inflation-weary buyers cutting back spending or switching to generic labels and the rise of GLP-1 drugs.—
Nathaniel Meyersohn,
CNN Money,
2 Sep. 2025
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The verse resumes, and the band soldiers on, Lenker’s perseverant guitar solo howling with the weary relief of a shipwrecked sailor spotting land.—
Craig Jenkins,
Vulture,
2 Sep. 2025
Verb
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And much of the nearly $1 billion gain would be taxed at a lower capital gains rate, not the higher income tax rate.—
Chris Isidore,
CNN Money,
5 Sep. 2025
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These withdrawals are taxed as ordinary income, and the RMD amount is calculated based on your life expectancy and account balance.—
True Tamplin,
Forbes.com,
3 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Talking to Bill Nighy about his star turn as a frail and at times broken novelist in & Sons is rather hampered by the British actor not having seen director Pablo Trapero’s father-and-son drama on a screen of any size ahead of its world premiere on Sunday at the Toronto Film Festival.—
Etan Vlessing,
HollywoodReporter,
7 Sep. 2025
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Currently, only 37% of the more than 5 million tons of trash generated in the county each year is recycled — and even that is hampered by a 40% contamination rate.—
Ashley Miznazi,
Miami Herald,
5 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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This is enough to get the muscles activated, but not enough to leave them overly fatigued.—
Jakob Roze,
Health,
25 Aug. 2025
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The men were so fatigued that each could only manage a few swings of the pick before switching places.—
Tommy Trenchard,
NPR,
23 Aug. 2025
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“Overtaxed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overtaxed. Accessed 8 Sep. 2025.
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