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Examples of taxing in a Sentence
The journey proved to be very taxing.
a very taxing workload that is taking a lot of time to finish
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The nearly three-hour workout was one of the most physical and taxing practices in recent memory, taking place in triple-digit heat indices and under an unrelenting Louisiana sun.
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The most taxing part to me was simply finishing the mixes.
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When an area is designated as a TIF district, property tax revenue – which is divvied up among taxing bodies including public schools – is frozen.
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When an area is designated as a TIF district, property tax revenue — which is divvied up among taxing bodies including public schools — is frozen.
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That is unless Coach Tyronn Lue can find other mildly effective defenders (Tristan Thompson, Richard Jefferson) to allow James a less taxing chore for at least some of his 40 or so minutes per game.
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Taxing experiences: In the wake of voters approving Measure HH,, a one-percent sales tax increase, comes the process of implementing the plan and choosing members of a committee that will oversee how the money is spent.
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The Transcendental Études contain some of the most taxing piano writing ever put on paper: jagged chords strewn all over the keyboard, everywhere-leaping arpeggiated figures, pages of double octaves.
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First Known Use of taxing
1841
taxing Synonyms
Synonyms
arduous, burdensome, challenging, exacting, grueling (or gruelling), killing, laborious, onerous, persnickety, demanding, toilsomeAntonyms
light, nondemanding, unchallenging, undemandingRelated Words
difficult, formidable, hard, herculean, rough, rugged, stiff, strenuous, testing, tough; oppressive, trying; rigid, rigorous, severe, stern, strict, stringentNear Antonyms
easy, effortless, facile, simple, smoothTAXING Defined for English Language Learners
taxing
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Definition of taxing for English Language Learners
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: requiring a lot of effort, energy, etc.
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