overtaxing

verb

present participle of overtax
as in taxing

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  1. taxing
  2. overloading
  3. overburdening
  4. hampering
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  • Taxing that sequence requires either taxing the purchase of a digital asset, which Congress has shown no appetite for, or following the token across the border, which no tax administration on earth currently does.
    — Zennon Kapron, Forbes.com, 17 July 2026
  • Missouri is asking voters whether to gradually eliminate its income tax and shift more toward taxing consumption.
    — The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 17 July 2026
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  • Avoid overloading the washer on this setting, as proper drum movement is key to reducing wrinkles effectively.
    — Jamie Cuccinelli, Martha Stewart, 5 July 2026
  • In a cautionary tale of what can happen when overloading a young talent, however, injuries severely blighted Ansu’s legacy at the Spotify Camp Nou.
    — Tom Sanderson, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026
Definition of overloading
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  • The concept has overwhelmingly blurred the lines between professional and personal hours for physicians, overburdening an already tenuous workforce.
    — Forbes.com, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026
  • Sheridan blamed the settlement for overburdening the department.
    — Rafael Carranza, ProPublica, 26 Mar. 2026
Definition of overburdening
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  • American regulators’ and politicians’ fear of Chinese tech is hampering business prospects for Chinese flying camera company HOVERAir, its CEO told Semafor.
    — J.D. Capelouto, semafor.com, 14 July 2026
  • Because the injection must then be sent (or pushed) to each specific target, the scale of the attack is limited, hampering mass exploits that hit the Internet at large.
    — Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 8 July 2026
Definition of hampering
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