Thesaurus results for TARIFFS

tariffs

noun

plural of tariff

as in levies

a payment that must be made to the government in order to import or export certain goods The Townshend Acts, which imposed a tariff on many goods imported to North America, indirectly led to the American Revolution.

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Recent Examples of tariffs The most reasonable objection to this view is that resilience returns are too diffuse to underwrite, that avoided losses do not show up in a project’s revenue line the way tolls or tariffs do. —

Ravi S. Bhalla, Fortune, 13 June 2026 And in his second term, the leaders now openly trade barbs, disagreeing over tariffs, Ukraine and the Iran war. —

Darlene Superville, Los Angeles Times, 12 June 2026 Some say tariffs have driven up costs. —

Andrea Nakano, CBS News, 12 June 2026 Those prices were the culmination of a months-long historic price rally, fueled by lower interest rates, tariffs, international tensions and increasing demand for metals by the technology industry. —

Conor Murray, Forbes.com, 12 June 2026 The caption is almost entirely about tariffs — no mention, for example, of establishing the gold standard, which was really the big issue of the 1896 campaign. —

New York Times, 11 June 2026 Those vehicles, however, are not subject to tariffs, due to the the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement, which allows for duty-free trade of vehicles assembled in North America. —

Bob Woods, CNBC, 6 June 2026 Prices were already ticking higher from the impact of tariffs. —

Arkansas Online, 6 June 2026 As of last week, the administration had issued roughly $20 billion in refunds on those tariffs, according to a court filing. —

ABC News, 4 June 2026

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Noun

If a judgment is granted, creditors may seek remedies such as bank account levies or wage garnishment if the debtor is still working, though their ability to do that is still heavily dependent on state and federal laws.

— Angelica Leicht, CBS News, 3 June 2026
The amendment would create a five-year homestead exemption on the first $50,000 of assessed value of homestead properties ($25,000 for school levies, $50,000 for non-school levies) for owners who are not permanent Florida residents as of December 31, 2026.

— Jeffrey Schweers, The Orlando Sentinel, 3 June 2026