as in tariffs
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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Gordon recalled one instance when an item the rescue had long relied on suddenly became far more expensive because of tariffs causing the rescue to have to spend $1,000 in unexpected costs.
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Espinosa sees tariffs as an opportunity to build a better Nissan.
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The most common confusion points are almost always the trust taxes worth eliminating first.
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At the center of one of the competing measures is a proposal to change how Inglewood taxes stadium tickets.
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Those contracts call for Next Hydrogen to design and deliver an electrolyzer that extracts tritium from heavy water, a critical process for preparing fuel used in future fusion reactors.
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This process extracts the melon’s precious juice and preserves its vivid color.
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The question is whether Congress imposes clear rules on these deals before ad hoc dealmaking hardens into a permanent industrial policy run by the executive branch alone.
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If the administration imposes a new rule closer to the election, Logan said his office is ready to follow the law.
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Laparoscopic excision surgery, in which a specialist carefully removes endometriosis lesions, is widely considered the gold-standard surgical treatment and can improve both pain and fertility outcomes.
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Faster clinical brain imaging The new design removes one of the biggest bottlenecks in conventional computer architecture, where memory and processors are physically separated.
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Beyond the federal government, each state also levies their own separate gas taxes.
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Beyond the federal government, each state also levies their own separate gas taxes.
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Hezbollah's leader said Saturday the group would fight on until Israel withdraws from southern Lebanon, according to a statement carried in a pro-Hezbollah local media outlet.
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But sporadic clashes have continued, and Hezbollah’s leader said Saturday that the group would continue fighting until Israel withdraws from Lebanon.
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Generous leave policies frequently go underused, particularly by men, if workplace culture quietly penalizes those who take advantage of them.
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The system rewards deference and penalizes the judgment oversight was designed to protect.
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“Excises.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/excises. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.
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