OVERTAXING Synonyms: 38 Similar and Opposite Words

overtaxing

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present participle of overtax

as in taxing

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Yamamoto made 36 pitches and got only two outs in the inning, a taxing tally that included, two batters after Turang, a 12-pitch walk to Jake Bauers, which was a career high for both pitcher and hitter.

— Mirjam Swanson, Los Angeles Times, 13 Oct. 2026
Even opponents of the tax concede the populist appeal of taxing billionaires.

— Ben Paviour, Sacbee.com, 12 Oct. 2026

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Expecting heavy traffic on the site, the archive has outsourced the database to external servers to avoid overloading its own.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 30 Sep. 2026
These demands are not likely to ease as football becomes more obsessed with physicality, so, from an Arsenal perspective, the importance of not overloading their right-backs only heightens.

— Art de Roché, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2026

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Northeast Kansas City residents have expressed concerns about lack of community feedback and concentrating homeless services in certain areas, potentially overburdening a few neighborhoods rather than spreading services out more throughout the city.

— Chris Higgins, Kansas City Star, 11 Oct. 2026
Such a structure ensures that benefits are targeted where they are most needed without overburdening the government’s budget.

— Editorial Board, Washington Post, 18 Aug. 2026

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Kyiv sees this as an attempt to pressure it into concessions by hampering its aerial defense and military operations.

— David Hickey, NBC news, 15 Oct. 2026
Virus-carrying midges are hampering deer season in South Dakota, where an outbreak of epizootic hemorrhagic disease has prompted South Dakota Game, Fish and Parks to issue deer license refunds.

— Kris Millgate, Outdoor Life, 14 Oct. 2026

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