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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 excises
Marie Sapirie, Forbes.com, 25 Aug. 2025
Verb
Higher Ed Excise Taxes In most parts of [America], excises must be confined within a narrow compass.
—Marie Sapirie, Forbes.com, 25 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for excises
Noun
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Taiwanese policy experts fear that this lack of access to the president will make renegotiating the tariffs impossible.—
Timothy Nerozzi,
The Washington Examiner,
10 Sep. 2025
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Many remain concerned about how much extra tariffs ultimately will drive up prices on many items even more.—
Susan Tompor,
USA Today,
9 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Kids may be hit with tax bombs whether they are forgiven in '26 or in a state that taxes forgiveness amounts regardless of the timeline.—
Suzanne Blake,
MSNBC Newsweek,
2 Sep. 2025
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Lautz said that people may not understand that the qualifying amounts are deducted from income, not taxes themselves.—
David Lightman,
Sacbee.com,
22 Aug. 2025
Verb
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Pour-over coffee maker Pour-over coffee makers, usually cones that sit atop cups or carafes à la Chemex, utilize a precise pouring technique (ideally from a gooseneck kettle) that blooms the grounds and extracts the best flavors as the coffee drips into the vessel below.—
Mark Marino,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
29 Aug. 2025
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Making hard decisions—layoffs, budget cuts, killing projects—extracts a personal toll.—
David Ko,
Forbes.com,
13 Aug. 2025
Verb
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Guns rights advocates — including politically powerful groups such as the National Rifle Association and Gun Owners of America — vowed to fight any proposal that imposes a blanket gun ban targeting a segment of the population.—
Alanna Durkin Richer,
Chicago Tribune,
6 Sep. 2025
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At that wavelength, optics imposes a hard requirement.—
Kaif Shaikh,
Interesting Engineering,
3 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Washing and disinfecting decorative pumpkins removes fungal spores and will slow that process down.—
Brandee Gruener,
Southern Living,
7 Sep. 2025
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The AquaTru Classic is a highly effective countertop reverse osmosis system with a four-stage filtration process that removes up to 99 percent of more than 80 contaminants, including lead, fluoride and PFAS.—
Nora Colomer,
FOXNews.com,
6 Sep. 2025
Verb
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However, this tax liability does not stop at the federal level, as Wisconsin also levies an income tax.—
Nathan Goldman,
Forbes.com,
29 Aug. 2025
Verb
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Cabaret is cutting its Broadway run short as star Billy Porter withdraws from the production.—
Caitlin Huston,
HollywoodReporter,
7 Sep. 2025
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Innovation fades, and the team quietly withdraws.—
Benjamin Laker,
Forbes.com,
26 Aug. 2025
Verb
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The district assesses students around phonics and phonemic awareness (the ability to hear individual sounds in words) and separates kids into small groups for more individualized instruction.—
Lily Altavena,
Freep.com,
2 Sep. 2025
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Carry progression assesses the percentage of a player’s ball carries that move their team significantly closer to an opposition’s goal — in football speak, the ability to move their team up the pitch.—
Steve Madeley,
New York Times,
21 Aug. 2025
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“Excises.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/excises. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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