crowding

[ krou′dĭng ]

A condition in which the teeth are crowded in the dental arch, assuming altered positions, as by overlapping and twisting.

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Its sheer size could make the crowding effect less noticeable than in a smaller city.
The NFL’s Super Bowl Con: Hosting the Big Game Isn’t an Economic Score For Cities|Brandy Zadrozny|January 30, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Due largely to crowding and high housing prices, 45 percent of couples in Hong Kong say they have given up having children.
City Leaders Are in Love With Density but Most City Dwellers Disagree|Joel Kotkin|September 16, 2013|DAILY BEAST
To name just a few: a. "Crowding out": the logic of Clintonomics.
Rogoff and Reinhart Respond|Megan McArdle|April 17, 2013|DAILY BEAST
To preserve discretionary spending priorities, we must prevent entitlement spending from crowding out all other budgetary options.
Why the Existence of this Obama Budget is a Victory for the Republicans|Justin Green|April 11, 2013|DAILY BEAST

People seem to have a hidden assumption that every house in the District will eventually be crowding $1 million in value.
What Is Going On in The DC Housing Market?|Megan McArdle|September 28, 2012|DAILY BEAST
There was now no crowding of men upon either ship; but there was much care to be given to so many scores of wounded.
With the Black Prince|William Osborn Stoddard
Immediately the larger and fiercer dogs fell upon the food, crowding or scaring the smaller curs away from it.
Buff: A Collie and other dog-stories|Albert Payson Terhune
Why, a man's thoughts are like actors performing in the air and all the crowding stars for audience!
The Two Vanrevels|Booth Tarkington
And I have imagined them crowding down to where they may get the first glimpse of His face again.
Quiet Talks on Service|S. D. Gordon
"I hope I am not crowding you," she said in a gracious voice to Ermengarde.
The Children of Wilton Chase|Mrs. L. T. Meade