EXCISING Synonyms: 57 Similar and Opposite Words

excising

verb

present participle of excise

as in taxing

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as in removing

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With a number of off days on the upcoming schedule and five healthy starters already in their rotation, the Yankees should be able to make that strategy work without taxing their bullpen.

— Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 7 Aug. 2026
Socialism generally advocates for collective ownership and government control over production and distribution, often proposing to fund extensive free services like housing and healthcare through taxing the wealthy.

— Mike Patton, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026

Definition of taxing

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Advocates say the strategy encourages more diverse applicants, like first-generation students, by removing barriers to entry and boosting awareness of the often-generous scholarships available at private institutions.

— Bloomberg, Mercury News, 4 Aug. 2026
Harris indicated the markets for those players were not good enough to warrant removing them from the current team.

— Cody Stavenhagen, New York Times, 4 Aug. 2026

Definition of removing

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Guest rooms maintain straight lines, dominated by the imposing headboard and neutral colors.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 4 Aug. 2026
The Administration responded by imposing a 10% temporary import duty under a different legal authority, Section 122 of the Trade Act of 1974.

— Tiago Ventura, Time, 4 Aug. 2026

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Asteroid mining is also mentioned as a potential opportunity, which would entail extracting metals and other critical resources from near-Earth and main-belt asteroids.

— Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 3 Aug. 2026
Rather than burning coal for energy or converting it into fuels, the process focuses on extracting carbon-rich molecular structures that can serve as feedstock for advanced engineering materials.

— Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 2 Aug. 2026

Definition of extracting

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Traditional lenders remain hesitant about self-employment income, often ignoring or penalizing applicants whose taxable net returns don't reflect their actual cash flow, despite gig workers diversifying their risk through multiple income streams.

— Efri Argaman, Forbes.com, 29 July 2026
For example, the European Union’s Digital Services Act and the United Kingdom’s Online Safety Act establish regulatory frameworks for penalizing platforms that fail to address risks to minors.

— Andrew Yockey, The Conversation, 24 July 2026

Definition of penalizing

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Major Medicare Advantage insurer Humana is withdrawing from certain markets for 2027, a move expected to be mirrored by other companies facing rising medical expenses.

— Bruce Japsen, Forbes.com, 2 Aug. 2026
In 1982, invading Israeli forces occupied the city, withdrawing three years later.

— Jane Arraf, NPR, 1 Aug. 2026

Definition of withdrawing

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Rather than assessing individual process decisions separately, the new system is intended to examine multiple design options and weigh competing factors together.

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 5 Aug. 2026
Investors and startup CEOs are keenly studying the variations in how much an African tech startup can hope to raise as a signal for assessing the ecosystem’s health.

— Alexander Onukwue, semafor.com, 5 Aug. 2026

Definition of assessing

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The episode feinted toward genuine rapprochement before yanking the rug out, leaving the Gang pelted with an industrial-grade indoor blizzard and then happily chucking rocks at passing trains, as was Mac and Charlie’s childhood tradition.

— Dennis Perkins, Entertainment Weekly, 28 July 2026
The tentacular Scylla is seen briefly but makes an impact, yanking sailors off Odysseus’s ship in a series of loud jump scares.

— Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 16 July 2026

Definition of yanking

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