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an amount of money that a government requires people to pay according to the value of certain possessions that are made, sold, or used within a country
The state seems to impose an excise on any number of goods.
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Recent Examples of excise
Tony Cook, IndyStar, 30 Dec. 2025
Department leaders requested the change because the agency does not handle excise taxes -- which tax specific goods and services -- and never has.
—Elise Schmelzer, Denver Post, 14 Oct. 2025
Kansas City Star, 31 Oct. 2025
The one or two obscene jokes that have been excised can be seen in the video version.
—David Remnick, New Yorker, 31 Oct. 2025
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Noun
Amid IndyStar's reporting, IMPD and state excise police — which had 73 officers to cover 92 counties — began more closely collaborating.
—Tony Cook, IndyStar, 30 Dec. 2025
Department leaders requested the change because the agency does not handle excise taxes -- which tax specific goods and services -- and never has.
—Elise Schmelzer, Denver Post, 14 Oct. 2025
Verb
Because the spirit of Terez has at least in part been excised from the scholarship.
—Kansas City Star, 31 Oct. 2025
The one or two obscene jokes that have been excised can be seen in the video version.
—David Remnick, New Yorker, 31 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for excise
Noun
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Amazon drew the administration’s ire following reports that the e-commerce giant planned to display how tariffs were impacting prices.—
Elisabeth Buchwald,
CNN Money,
21 Feb. 2026
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Trump vowed to use other methods to implement tariffs.—
Medora Lee,
USA Today,
21 Feb. 2026
Verb
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That style, a particularly taxing one, demanded a level of effort that Cherundolo’s teams sometimes fell short of.—
Josh Gross,
Daily News,
17 Feb. 2026
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Contributions made on an after-tax basis are not taxed again when withdrawn.—
Virginia Hammerle,
Dallas Morning News,
15 Feb. 2026
Verb
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The trooper then removed Jackson from the vehicle.—
arkansasonline.com,
arkansasonline.com,
17 Feb. 2026
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Jailbreaking in this context refers to a process that removes software restrictions placed on a piece of hardware.—
Chris Young,
Interesting Engineering,
17 Feb. 2026
Verb
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Luckey and Newsom do share antagonism toward labor unions’ proposal to levy a one-time 5% tax on billionaires.—
Andrew Graham,
Sacbee.com,
15 Feb. 2026
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However, his exit came amid allegations of misogyny that were levied weeks prior, as he was accused of making offensive comments about women.—
Anthony Robledo,
USA Today,
13 Feb. 2026
Verb
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The galaxies will dissociate and disappear, leaving only isolated masses expanding away from one another, with no energy left to extract.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
20 Feb. 2026
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Using microorganisms to mine meteorites could be an effective way to extract precious metals in space, scientists say.—
Julian Dossett,
Space.com,
20 Feb. 2026
Verb
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Among the documents is an email exchange from 2009 in which Mandelson appears to discuss Britain’s plans to impose an additional tax on bankers’ bonuses as a punitive, one-off measure following the crash.—
Lauren Kent,
CNN Money,
19 Feb. 2026
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While courts last imposed a death sentence in 2016, South Korea has not carried out an execution since 1997.—
Michael Sinkewicz,
FOXNews.com,
19 Feb. 2026
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By April, Kabila’s new government was persuaded by the IMF and the World Bank to withdraw from the contract with Gertler after only eight months.—
Nicolas Niarchos,
Vanity Fair,
20 Feb. 2026
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Lupel continued working to get Dotson’s rape conviction overturned until withdrawing as his attorney in 1986.—
Bob Goldsborough,
Chicago Tribune,
20 Feb. 2026
Verb
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Wilson was not penalized for the hit, which appeared to be clean.—
Kevin Baxter,
Los Angeles Times,
16 Feb. 2026
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Kim was penalized and did not complete a lap in the race.—
Ryan Gaydos,
FOXNews.com,
16 Feb. 2026
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“Excise.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/excise. Accessed 21 Feb. 2026.
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