excising

verb

present participle of excise
1
as in taxing

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2
as in removing

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for excising
  1. taxing
  2. removing
  3. imposing
  4. extracting
  5. penalizing
  6. withdrawing
  7. assessing
  8. yanking
Verb
  • Proposition 42, which was slightly ahead, is presented as protection from state lawmakers taxing everyday Californians’ retirement funds, personal savings and home equity.
    — Seema Mehta, Los Angeles Times, 4 Nov. 2026
  • Newsom has also expressed a preference for taxing billionaires at the federal level and says a California-only wealth tax would be limited to funding health care and not other needs.
    — Senior Editor, CBS News, 3 Nov. 2026
Definition of taxing
Verb
  • This may mean removing an abusive parent as their guardian and establishing another relative or foster parent in place of the parent.
    — Sasha Allen, Hartford Courant, 1 Nov. 2026
  • Before the building is sold or used for secular purposes, church officials take great care when removing the religious items inside, said Jacob Preciado, director of asset management for the archdiocese.
    — Angie Leventis Lourgos, Chicago Tribune, 1 Nov. 2026
Definition of removing
Verb
  • There are just under 5,000 burial vaults (all above ground), which include imposing mausoleums made of marble.
    — Nicole Kliest, Vogue, 4 Nov. 2026
  • Occasionally, cinematographer Ben Davis even lines up those centuries-old face carvings behind Malkovich to note their resemblance to his imposing profile.
    — Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 4 Nov. 2026
Definition of imposing
Verb
  • Potential applications include recharging visiting rovers, transmitting scientific data to Earth and powering equipment used for in-situ resource utilization (ISRU), which involves extracting and processing local lunar materials.
    — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 4 Nov. 2026
  • Others are capable of evaluating trigonometric functions, extracting roots and calculating logarithms.
    — Manon Bischoff, Scientific American, 3 Nov. 2026
Definition of extracting
Verb
  • That could come in the form of a salary floor, penalizing clubs who spend less than $150 million, or even raising the luxury tax threshold to $300 million in 2027, with an eye on getting to $360 million four years later.
    — Justin Birnbaum, Sportico.com, 29 Oct. 2026
  • Miami seized the win by playing a disciplined brand of football for the first time, not penalizing themselves in critical moments.
    — Omar Kelly October 25, Miami Herald, 25 Oct. 2026
Definition of penalizing
Verb
  • The city would also be prohibited from withdrawing more than 50% of the amount of money in the fund unless the mayor certifies that there is a compelling fiscal need.
    — Digital Producer, CBS News, 2 Nov. 2026
  • Uganda is withdrawing troops deployed for years in Somalia under an African Union peacekeeping force that helped repel militants in the Horn of Africa nation, military authorities said on Monday.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 2 Nov. 2026
Definition of withdrawing
Verb
  • The central bank's board voted unanimously late Monday to put Ueno Bank into resolution and hand its management to officials charged with assessing its finances and protecting its assets, the regulator said Tuesday.
    — EMILIO SANABRIA, Arkansas Online, 4 Nov. 2026
  • OpenAI on Monday announced a new internal tool for assessing how AI handles tasks like these, along with research on how its own models performed.
    — Lisa Eadicicco, CNN Money, 2 Nov. 2026
Definition of assessing
Verb
  • Shortly after, the video shows the same officer yanking him to the ground, punching and kicking him.
    — Ruben Vives, Los Angeles Times, 14 Oct. 2026
  • Zabransky was the first person to reach Rabb in the end zone, yanking him into the air for a bear hug.
    — Shaun Goodwin, Idaho Statesman, 3 Oct. 2026
Definition of yanking
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