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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
Noun
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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Just a week before, Hassett had been excluded from a White House meeting in which the president decided to impose higher tariffs on Mexico, The New York Times reported.—
Rogé Karma,
The Atlantic,
7 Jan. 2026
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Its past reflects our present, since the debates over tariffs and government intervention, immigration and civil rights, and the corporatization of family businesses are already century-old concerns for Stock Show attendees.—
John Wenzel,
Denver Post,
7 Jan. 2026
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The business taxes specialist supports and provides guidance to the operations administrator and the Field Operations Division team on administrative issues related to the operations of field offices.—
Sacbee.com,
Sacbee.com,
9 Oct. 2025
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The rest of the world taxes only residents, in most cases based on worldwide income.—
Kathleen Peddicord,
Forbes.com,
16 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Meeting tools include one-tap minute generation and a circle-to-search gesture that extracts key points in real time.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
21 Oct. 2025
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The piece extracts a section of words from a 1935 essay by philosopher Walter Benjamin and deconstructs them into individual letters, which are then rendered in silver mylar balloons.—
Ray Mark Rinaldi,
Denver Post,
20 Oct. 2025
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Almost every state imposes sales tax, except for Alaska, Delaware, Montana, New Hampshire and Oregon, which instead allows cities to charge a local sales tax.—
Marina Johnson,
Louisville Courier Journal,
6 Jan. 2026
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The levy increases rates on hotel room and vacation rental stays but also imposes a new 11% tax on the gross fares paid by a cruise ship's passenger, prorated for the number of days the vessels are in Hawaii ports.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
1 Jan. 2026
Verb
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Other types of filters include activated carbon, which removes odors, chemicals, and harmful gases, and UV-C light filters, which can kill bacteria and viruses.—
Karen Brewer Grossman,
Southern Living,
9 Nov. 2025
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In an overly dramatic transformation sequence, Robert’s boss removes the necklace and is bathed in light — only to wind up a few inches shorter and brunette.—
Christopher Cruz,
Rolling Stone,
7 Nov. 2025
Verb
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Idaho already levies an additional $140 annual fee for electric vehicle owners and in 2021, lawmakers unsuccessfully attempted to double these fees.—
Idaho Statesman,
Idaho Statesman,
10 Dec. 2025
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Casting blame on Tylenol for autism wrongly positions the condition as a problem—and levies unfair guilt on moms.—
Erica Sloan,
SELF,
23 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Musk withdraws the California suit in June, then files a federal suit in August.—
Nikita Ostrovsky,
Time,
27 Oct. 2025
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If a parent later withdraws permission, the app developer must be notified to disable access.—
Tiffani Jackson,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
20 Oct. 2025
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Each week during the NFL's regular season, the league penalizes players for their actions in the previous week's games.—
Anne Erickson,
MSNBC Newsweek,
26 Oct. 2025
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The Big 12 Conference is now enforcing a new rule enacted in the offseason that penalizes teams for objects being thrown on the field, and Texas Tech has been forced to institute the ban.—
Jordy Fee-Platt,
New York Times,
25 Oct. 2025
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“Excises.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/excises. Accessed 10 Jan. 2026.
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