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
  • The deal exempts Starbase Louisiana from local property taxes but requires the company to pay $25 million a year to the local taxing authorities.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 27 Oct. 2026
  • Significant power players have no issue with taxing the wealthy twice.
    — Howard Blume, Los Angeles Times, 27 Oct. 2026
Definition of taxing
Verb
  • Hoffenheim's Andrej Kramaric scored the club's 1,000th Bundesliga goal, and Alexander Prass was sent off after removing his shirt to celebrate his goal while already booked.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 25 Oct. 2026
  • The takeaway here is that removing debris from orbit requires careful planning.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 25 Oct. 2026
Definition of removing
Verb
  • The organ has an imposing physical presence, but its expressive range can become constricting over 13 tracks.
    — Emma Madden, Pitchfork, 28 Oct. 2026
  • The four plaintiffs — Carvajal, Gonzalez, Ratchkauskas and Mojena — contend that FIU violated their constitutional rights by imposing sanctions over private conversations that, however offensive, did not constitute genuine threats.
    — Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 28 Oct. 2026
Definition of imposing
Verb
  • However, extracting it from underground brines, hard rock and recycled batteries remains challenging because it is often mixed with sodium, potassium, magnesium and calcium.
    — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 28 Oct. 2026
  • While Evernote sought to combat negative new registrations after its acquisition, Inkdrop’s developer was less concerned about growing its customer base and more interested in extracting additional revenue from current users.
    — Scharon Harding, ArsTechnica, 27 Oct. 2026
Definition of extracting
Verb
  • 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
  • The terms of the injunction prevent the NCAA from penalizing Council for playing, or KU for playing him.
    — Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 15 Oct. 2026
Definition of penalizing
Verb
  • As joyful crowds took to the streets to celebrate the students' victory on Sunday, some in the crowd stoned the withdrawing police and dismantled a camp used by Vucic loyalists in a park in central Belgrade for more than a year.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 27 Oct. 2026
  • Such a move could lead to investors withdrawing billions of dollars of passive investment from the country.
    — Angelica Ang, Fortune, 23 Oct. 2026
Definition of withdrawing
Verb
  • The distinction matters when assessing what doctors knew at each stage of Hurts’ care.
    — Jackson Thompson OutKick, FOXNews.com, 27 Oct. 2026
  • In South Fork, Kathy and Mike Smith, who manage Fun Valley Family Resort, are assessing damage to RVs, cabins and bridges.
    — Sarah Horbacewicz, CBS News, 27 Oct. 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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