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  1. overcrowdingnoun

    The action or event of a space having more occupants than that space can accommodate.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of overcrowding in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of overcrowding in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of overcrowding in a Sentence

  1. The Calvert County Health Department:

    As a result of chronic overcrowding in grocery and convenience stores, as well as some other retailers, the Health Department has acted on Governor Hogans directive to institute new policies to decrease virus transmission.

  2. Usmoni Velazquez Vallejo:

    My wife and child have been in there for 27 days in bad conditions, there is overcrowding, insufficient food and there isnt even medicine for them.

  3. Patricia Figueroa:

    Due to overcrowding, the hospital is discharging patients with low risk of contagion in order to receive high-risk ones, something very dangerous.

  4. Waleed Shahid:

    Harris will have to figure out how she'll convince the (progressive) movement that she's their champion when many organizers and activists are on record criticizing her approach as attorney general on issues related to prison overcrowding, police shootings and marijuana legalization.

  5. Tunya Netithammakul:

    Thanks to its beauty, Koh Tachai has become a popular tourist site for both Thai and foreign tourists. This has resulted in overcrowding and the degradation of natural resources and the environment, we have to close it to allow the rehabilitation of the environment both on the island and in the sea without being disturbed by tourism activities before the damage is beyond repair.

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