tax-exempt
adjective
tax-ex·empt
ˌtaks-ig-ˈzem(p)t 
1
: exempted from a tax
2
: bearing interest that is free from federal or state income tax
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Since its founding in 1989, Urban Corps of San Diego County has grown into a major tax-exempt organization.
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Jeff McDonald, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Oct. 2025
Cantwell also questioned whether the revenue the Big Ten receives from its media rights deals, which is currently tax-exempt, could ultimately lose that status if a private investor purchases a stake in those revenues.
—Justin Williams, New York Times, 10 Oct. 2025
Officials also demanded reforms to admissions and oversight of course content and threatened to remove its tax-exempt status.
—Martha McHardy, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Oct. 2025
The Secretary of the Treasury is tasked with disrupting financial networks funding political violence and ensuring organizations that support such activities lose their tax-exempt status.
—Solcyré Burga, Time, 2 Oct. 2025
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Jeff McDonald, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Oct. 2025
Cantwell also questioned whether the revenue the Big Ten receives from its media rights deals, which is currently tax-exempt, could ultimately lose that status if a private investor purchases a stake in those revenues.
—Justin Williams, New York Times, 10 Oct. 2025
Officials also demanded reforms to admissions and oversight of course content and threatened to remove its tax-exempt status.
—Martha McHardy, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Oct. 2025
The Secretary of the Treasury is tasked with disrupting financial networks funding political violence and ensuring organizations that support such activities lose their tax-exempt status.
—Solcyré Burga, Time, 2 Oct. 2025
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“Tax-exempt.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tax-exempt. Accessed 22 Oct. 2025.
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