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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
Paula Wethington, CBS News, 30 Jan. 2026
From telecommunications excise taxes to radio and television license fees to taxes on gasoline to road use fees for electric vehicles, tax authorities have a history of innovating to keep pace with new technologies new forms of consumer behavior.
—Laura Clayton McDonnell, Forbes.com, 29 Jan. 2026
Andrew Flanagan, Variety, 21 Jan. 2026
In the meantime, Saudi Arabia has worked to excise Emirati influence from Yemen.
—Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 20 Jan. 2026
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Noun
All excise taxes collected would be paid to the State of Michigan treasury and directed to the Michigan Children's Mental Health and Safety Fund.
—Paula Wethington, CBS News, 30 Jan. 2026
From telecommunications excise taxes to radio and television license fees to taxes on gasoline to road use fees for electric vehicles, tax authorities have a history of innovating to keep pace with new technologies new forms of consumer behavior.
—Laura Clayton McDonnell, Forbes.com, 29 Jan. 2026
Verb
The Reuters report follows Universal Music’s proposal in December to excise Downtown’s royalty and rights-management division, Curve, from its acquisition.
—Andrew Flanagan, Variety, 21 Jan. 2026
In the meantime, Saudi Arabia has worked to excise Emirati influence from Yemen.
—Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 20 Jan. 2026
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Jim O’Connor, ValenSil’s buyer and hiring manager, attributed the production drop-off to the steep tariffs on inputs like aluminum and the heavily unpredictable nature of how they’ve been implemented.—
Alicia Wallace,
CNN Money,
6 Mar. 2026
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That discontent then feeds domestic politics, producing anti-globalization policies like tariffs; that, in turn, feeds back into the international system, deepening instability.—
Nicholas Gordon,
Fortune,
6 Mar. 2026
Verb
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Thirty-seven years ago this week, people in Broward County went to the polls and taxed themselves to protect swampland, trees and mangroves from bulldozers.—
Sun Sentinel Editorial Board,
Sun Sentinel,
9 Mar. 2026
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There are some exceptions – most notably, taxing districts are allowed to levy to capture new properties that come onto the tax rolls, and the levies for pension payments and bond service aren’t capped.—
Igor Studenkov,
Chicago Tribune,
9 Mar. 2026
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Order 1 dissolved the ruling Baath Party and removed all senior party members from their government positions, purging the administrative class that ran its ministries, hospitals and schools.—
Farah N. Jan,
The Conversation,
10 Mar. 2026
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The spokesperson said that Rodriguez Gutierrez chose to be removed with her children on March 5.—
Clara Harter,
Los Angeles Times,
10 Mar. 2026
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Any effort to create new brackets, levy a local income tax surcharge, or adjust who pays what requires state approval.—
Tiffany Caban,
New York Daily News,
8 Mar. 2026
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The fine was levied by James Jones, the league’s executive vice president and head of basketball operations.—
Mike Curtis,
Dallas Morning News,
7 Mar. 2026
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Training the controllers The controllers of the humanoid robot were trained on dynamic parkour motions extracted from the dataset, using reinforcement learning.—
Atharva Gosavi,
Interesting Engineering,
6 Mar. 2026
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The nations that survive will be those that own the technology to extract and move energy with extreme efficiency; thereby, replacing massive, vulnerable, and centralized global hubs with resilient, decentralized domestic resources.—
Siddharth Misra,
Fortune,
6 Mar. 2026
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Section 122, which has never been invoked, allows the president to impose tariffs of up to 15%.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
5 Mar. 2026
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The law limits the ability of local jurisdictions, including cities like Rocklin, to impose certain restrictions on bicycle use.—
Nicole Buss,
Sacbee.com,
5 Mar. 2026
Verb
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His son withdrew from high school.—
James Queally,
Los Angeles Times,
6 Mar. 2026
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Worries about a possible data center coming to Spring Hill have been put to rest, after the applicant on Friday withdrew its request to rezone more than 300 acres of agricultural land for industrial use.—
Taylor O'Connor,
Kansas City Star,
6 Mar. 2026
Verb
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In the movies and in fairy tales, nobody was penalized for falling in love at first sight.—
Addie Citchens,
New Yorker,
8 Mar. 2026
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The Skippers handed Moorhead a prime opportunity to complete the comeback with its second penalty of the period, as Cameron Merrick was penalized for hooking.—
Andrew Cornelius,
Twin Cities,
8 Mar. 2026
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“Excise.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/excise. Accessed 12 Mar. 2026.
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