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- noun Plural form of
burden . - verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
burden .
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Examples
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But shortsighted decisions, such as ignoring inspections of hazardous waste generating facilities or cutting staff charged with responding to oil spills, could result in long-term burdens for New York's taxpayers.
Kyle Rabin: Enviros Pitch Plan for Greening New York's Economy Kyle Rabin 2011
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Already, U.K. Prime Minister David Cameron has promised not to put any more short-term burdens on the sector, whatever the Independent Commission on Banking may recommend next week.
Banks' Counterattack Not Likely to Last Long Geoffrey T. Smith 2011
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Shortsighted decisions, such as ignoring inspections of hazardous waste generating facilities or cutting staff charged with responding to oil spills, could result in long-term burdens for taxpayers.
Kyle Rabin: Enviros Pitch Plan for Greening New York's Economy Kyle Rabin 2011
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In recent times, the twin burdens of large classes and governance responsibility have taken a toll on faculty research productivity.
Discourse.net: Admit It, After Reading This You Want to be Our Dean 2009
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There may be a good argument to exclude financial burdens from the mix, but I strongly believe that a felon on parole (and definately NOT work release) has not yet completed their "time", and thus should not have important rights restored.
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Jonna's point regarding tax planning, and the advisability of considering relative tax burdens, is also an excellent one.
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By 1985, it was apparent that the U.S. was staggering under its twin burdens, while its allies 'economies were flourishing from the U.S. trade deficit.
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The increasing weight of these burdens is fast approaching oppression which has been the chief factor in the downfall of all nations.
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There are certain burdens which could be removed from the women on the farm; there is part of their work that could be done cheaper and better elsewhere, and the whole farm and all its people would reap the benefit.
In Times Like These 1915
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What we call the burdens of life are the discipline of its power.
Mornings in the College Chapel Short Addresses to Young Men on Personal Religion Francis Greenwood Peabody 1891
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