as in levy
a charge usually of money collected by the government from people or businesses for public use
the state sales tax boosted the final cost of my new computer
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as in to stretch
to subject (a personal quality or faculty) to often excessive stress
your constant arguing is starting to tax my patience
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Recent Examples of tax
Elsa Ohlen,
CNBC,
6 July 2026
In Chicago, a carry-away 12-pack of beer gets slapped with more than $2 in tax.
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Adam Hoffer,
Chicago Tribune,
5 July 2026
Julian Torres,
CNN Money,
27 June 2026
In 1764, the British Parliament began taxing foreign molasses and prohibiting the import of foreign rum.
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Clare Mulroy,
USA Today,
26 June 2026
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Noun
In practice, governments still want contracts, jobs, and tax revenue at home.
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Elsa Ohlen,
CNBC,
6 July 2026
In Chicago, a carry-away 12-pack of beer gets slapped with more than $2 in tax.
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Adam Hoffer,
Chicago Tribune,
5 July 2026
Verb
The tradeoff is that withdrawals are taxed.
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Julian Torres,
CNN Money,
27 June 2026
In 1764, the British Parliament began taxing foreign molasses and prohibiting the import of foreign rum.
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Clare Mulroy,
USA Today,
26 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tax
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The City Council suggested revising the request down to two new employees, using funds from the levy, as a starting point.
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Potential tax rate increase Although the board won’t formally decide how much more people could have to pay in property taxes until late August, board documents indicated that officials now have the option to increase the district’s levy rate by 10 mills.
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Autumn is when the crowds thin and your dollar stretches further.
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Dozens of people sat in lawn chairs in front of the big screen, cheering as the Bosnia and Herzegovina national anthem played, while others stood in a long line that stretched out of the front door to buy cakes, pastries and pitas.
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Trump bought Apple, Nvidia and other tech giants before tariff reversal fueled rebound, according to a CNBC analysis.
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Keeping the rescue open has been a challenge Even as wounds from the COVID era began to heal, Gordon said tariffs threatened any progress the rescue was able to make.
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The inconsistency in messaging raises further doubts that negotiators can meet their 60-day deadline after the two sides traded attacks over the weekend, straining their already fragile ceasefire.
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Meanwhile the servers strain under the weight of AI companies scraping the encyclopedia in bulk, on a roughly $180 million annual budget funded mostly by donations of between two and eleven dollars.
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Add the imposition of new policies and instructional procedures, and a teacher can find that resource tapped at unsustainable levels.
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Yoon was removed from office in April 2025, months after he was impeached over his brief imposition of martial law in December 2024 following a standoff with the liberal opposition, which held a legislative majority and blocked much of his agenda.
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In another moment of the exchange, which was released by authorities and did not include timestamps, Robinson writes about potentially trying to retrieve his rifle but says a law enforcement car is nearby.
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Some Palestinians even try to hang food containers on the ceiling of their tents to keep them out of reach.
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The Los Angeles Fire Department’s hazardous material team also tested for ammonia, which is used in refrigeration, and hydrogen fluoride, a toxic chemical that could be released by burning lithium-ion batteries and solar panels.
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That unpredictability, coupled with Johnson’s razor-thin voting margin, is testing the seemingly cozy relationship between the speaker and the president ahead of the midterms.
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Handing the survivor her jewelry and hearing her story a few days later gave Dondi and her team of volunteers a reassuring nudge to push forward with their work.
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Normally, the onshore flow — a west-to-southwest wind that creates the ocean breeze and pushes air away from the coasts — would push the particulate matter with it.
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“Tax.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tax. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.
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