Definitions
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- noun excessive crowding
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Examples
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This is what will happen if we don't: more over-stretch, more over-crowding, the NHS buckling under the pressure of an ageing population and the rising cost of treatments.
David Cameron and Nick Clegg to 'show unity' over report on NHS reforms 2011
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Especially with over-crowding, many ‘debts to society’ are shorter than credit card debt (esp with only minimum payments or with penalties added on).
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But unless they picked two raw DEs to replace Osi Umenyiora when he is eventually traded, I think they are over-crowding the roster.
Draft Musings grrm 2010
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This is what will happen if we don't: more over-stretch, more over-crowding, the NHS buckling under the pressure of an ageing population and the rising cost of treatments.
David Cameron and Nick Clegg to 'show unity' over report on NHS reforms 2011
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The discomfort of ideological over-crowding never exceeds the dangers, real or imagined, of venturing out to a hostile, "Liberal" world.
Why the Conservatives Won't Crack-up, But the Left Probably Will 2010
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Luckily, the Phillips is trying to remedy the over-crowding issue by capping off the number of attendees starting with the next installment on July 1.
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Living conditions in the 12 remaining camps, which now house over 90,000 internally displaced people, continue to be difficult but reduced numbers have relieved the problem of over-crowding.
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We could not do Black Keys for free, because we would get the same thing [referring to the Drake-Hanson over-crowding.]
Monica Klein: SummerStage Executive Director Speaks With The Huffington Post 2010
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The great deserts of the world such as the Sahara and Gobi could be cultivated to increase food production and ease over-crowding.
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The great deserts of the world such as the Sahara and Gobi could be cultivated to increase food production and ease over-crowding.
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