Example Sentences

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As an advocate for better food in schools and hospitals, she sees her love of “cheats” as a tool to help institutions create better meals without overburdening their staff.

From Salon • Dec. 9, 2024

While retailers and shop workers have welcomed the anticipated proposals, a civil liberties group has raised concerns about criminalising people struggling to make ends meet and overburdening the prison system.

From BBC • Jul. 16, 2024

He said $1.35 billion comes close to the city’s need while not overburdening people on fixed incomes.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 4, 2024

Its creators wanted to avoid overburdening the Weather Service’s computing system, so it does not include as many variables as a private company’s proprietary one might, he said.

From New York Times • Jan. 12, 2024

From the overburdening of the Aquilla UAV to the massive and poorly planned investment in robotics made by General Motors in the early 1980s, robotics has been an area of unfulfilled promises.

From Shock and Awe — Achieving Rapid Dominance by Wade, James P.