excising

Definition of excisingnext
present participle of excise

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for excising
Verb
  • Instead, the company will pay out about $650 million to schools, libraries and other taxing jurisdictions over the next 20 years.
    Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 13 Mar. 2026
  • And, in terms of benefits, Olson largely framed the pros in terms of property tax relief and revenue generation for the city and other taxing bodies.
    Molly Morrow, Chicago Tribune, 13 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • The Sheriff’s Office committed to removing tie-off points from its jails but has not yet completed those renovations.
    Jeff McDonald, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Mar. 2026
  • In the new year, Musk welcomed Hegseth to a meeting at SpaceX headquarters, where Hegseth unveiled a new partnership with Grok, which lately had been spending most of its time removing the clothes of women and children in photographs.
    Gideon Lewis-Kraus, New Yorker, 14 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • Picture Alliance | Picture Alliance | Getty Images Countries around the world have scrambled to cope with the fallout of the energy shock from the Iran war, imposing measures from fuel export bans, loosening refining standards, and even getting workers to climb stairs instead of taking elevators.
    Lim Hui Jie,Sawdah Bhaimiya, CNBC, 15 Mar. 2026
  • Sontag’s childhood friend is ninety-five and in fine health, his eyes bright, his lampshade mustache imposing.
    Alex Ross, New Yorker, 14 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • This means that even if a fault-tolerant quantum computer becomes available, QPE could still struggle with large molecules because the chance of successfully extracting the correct energy becomes vanishingly small.
    Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 14 Mar. 2026
  • And there’s something offensively tawdry that all of this is in mere service of extracting rent.
    James Folta, Literary Hub, 12 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • The new bill prevents states and courts from penalizing pesticide manufacturers that do not include health warning labels beyond those required by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
    Sarah Davis, The Hill, 5 Mar. 2026
  • Also, strong steps against the Russian shadow fleet that surreptitiously transports energy products, designation of Russia as a State Sponsor of Terrorism, and other economic measures strongly penalizing Russia and aiding Ukraine.
    U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal, Hartford Courant, 28 Feb. 2026
Verb
  • Consider withdrawing $150,000 to buy the land then, wait to pull the next $150,000 in the next year.
    Medora Lee, USA Today, 15 Mar. 2026
  • Spurs imploded away to Atletico, also losing 5-2 and withdrawing their goalkeeper after going three down in 15 minutes.
    James Horncastle, New York Times, 13 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • It’s used by clinicians assessing patients and by insurance companies deciding whether to cover care.
    Jamie Ducharme, USA Today, 12 Mar. 2026
  • The transcript shows commissioners weighed multiple factors when assessing whether Funston still posed a danger to the community.
    Kate Wolffe, Sacbee.com, 11 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • The body-camera footage shows Exum yanking the wheel left, toward the Rogue, then right.
    Ruby Cramer, New Yorker, 12 Mar. 2026
  • Other plaintiffs’ attorneys, however, have called the CEO’s threat of yanking the product a scare tactic.
    Lisa Schencker, Chicago Tribune, 10 Mar. 2026
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“Excising.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/excising. Accessed 18 Mar. 2026.

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