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Recent Examples of tax
Noun
The Democrats want to give you the biggest tax increase in the history of our country. CBS News, 29 June 2025 The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) scores the extension of Trump tax cuts as adding to the deficit under a current-law baseline. Alexander Bolton, The Hill, 29 June 2025
Verb
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said late Sunday trade talks with U.S. have resumed after Canada rescinded its plan to tax U.S. technology firms. Rob Gillies, Fortune, 30 June 2025 June 29 – Carney said trade talks between the U.S. and Canada had resumed after Canada retracted its plan to tax tech firms. Max Zahn, ABC News, 30 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for tax
Recent Examples of Synonyms for tax
Noun
  • When investing abroad, key costs usually depend on the host country’s tax regulations, transaction levies and property maintenance fees.
    Maxim Lukyanov, Forbes.com, 25 June 2025
  • The White House, for example, has held off on implementing additional higher levies of up to 50% on the European Union until July 9.
    Morgan Chittum, CNBC, 25 June 2025
Verb
  • In short, four prominent celestial objects — the moon, a bright planet and two bright stars — stretched out across a little more than a dozen degrees of the west-northwest sky.
    Joe Rao, Space.com, 24 June 2025
  • Closing arguments are set to begin this week, on Thursday, and stretch into the following day.
    Edward Segarra, USA Today, 24 June 2025
Noun
  • Chow pointed out that there would be geopolitical uncertainty ahead for the country, including the upcoming Upper House election, as well as tariff and trade uncertainties.
    Lim Hui Jie, CNBC, 25 June 2025
  • Strategic Alternatives To Blanket Absorption There are alternative ways to navigate tariffs without compromising relationships: 1.
    Avy Punwasee, Forbes.com, 25 June 2025
Verb
  • The governor said rural hospitals — many of which are already strained because of low reimbursements for treating Medicare and Medicaid patients — stand to be financially devastated by further cuts.
    Nicole Nixon, Sacbee.com, 27 June 2025
  • But even an increase of around 10% will strain that capacity.
    Cody Copeland, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 26 June 2025
Noun
  • Dancing without rules or the imposition of judgment was in my bones.
    Kate Nelson, Outside Online, 22 June 2025
  • Second, the Administration’s imposition of tariffs has increased focus on the resiliency of global supply chains and the ability to meet production goals in a much more complex environment.
    Jerrold Lundquist, Forbes.com, 21 June 2025
Verb
  • Guests can also try their hand at the stone-lifting Atlas Challenge to win prizes like complimentary drinks and even free admission for a year.
    Zoe Baillargeon, Travel + Leisure, 28 June 2025
  • Witnesses told police the car’s alarm was going off because the 8-year-old was trying to get out of the car.
    Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 28 June 2025
Verb
  • The State of Connecticut Mosquito Management Program said Tuesday that mosquitoes trapped in the state have tested positive for West Nile virus.
    Staff report, Hartford Courant, 24 June 2025
  • There are a good number of people who don't know that animals are tested for their cosmetics.
    Jasmine Laws, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 June 2025
Verb
  • Combs' lawyers had pushed for a more expansive response, but prosecutors argued — and Subramanian agreed — that doing so could end up confusing jurors more.
    CBS News, CBS News, 1 July 2025
  • While the elimination of the commercial lease tax is final, Higgins and others who have been pushing for the Northeast Corridor rail project hope Perez will help Miami-Dade find other matching dollars when the Florida Legislature reconvenes at the end of 2025.
    Douglas Hanks, Miami Herald, 1 July 2025

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“Tax.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tax. Accessed 6 Jul. 2025.

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