as in levy
a charge usually of money collected by the government from people or businesses for public use
the state sales tax boosted the final cost of my new computer
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as in to stretch
to subject (a personal quality or faculty) to often excessive stress
your constant arguing is starting to tax my patience
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Recent Examples of tax
Carmela Karcher, CBS News, 8 Jan. 2026
While the tax cuts scheduled for 2026 may give a boost to the labor market, they could be offset by cuts in programs such as Medicaid and the Affordable Care Act.
—Phillip Molnar, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Jan. 2026
Rory M. Christian, New York Daily News, 24 Jan. 2026
Shoveling snow requires arm work, which is more taxing on the heart than leg work.
—Isa Almeida, Oklahoman, 23 Jan. 2026
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Noun
Neighbors are feeling helpless, especially as tax season gets underway.
—Carmela Karcher, CBS News, 8 Jan. 2026
While the tax cuts scheduled for 2026 may give a boost to the labor market, they could be offset by cuts in programs such as Medicaid and the Affordable Care Act.
—Phillip Molnar, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Jan. 2026
Verb
This new infrastructure will be financed by shareholders and bondholders, taxed by local governments, and built by a skilled workforce — all real and necessary expenses.
—Rory M. Christian, New York Daily News, 24 Jan. 2026
Shoveling snow requires arm work, which is more taxing on the heart than leg work.
—Isa Almeida, Oklahoman, 23 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tax
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For households in high‑tax states like New York, New Jersey and California — where property taxes and local levies routinely surpass the old limit — this expansion can meaningfully reduce taxable income and boost refunds.—
Emma Waldman,
Forbes.com,
24 Jan. 2026
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But Washington’s levies, paired with Beijing’s insatiable appetite for commodities such as metals, beef, and soy, have only strengthened Latin America’s ties with the Chinese economy while helping reduce its exposure to US policy changes.—
Jeronimo Gonzalez,
semafor.com,
23 Jan. 2026
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Honda has also generated a lot of buzz with its new CB1000F homage (below) to the beloved CB750F from the 1980s, and many of Harley-Davidson’s models carry on the looks and stance of models stretching back to the 1950s.—
William Roberson,
Forbes.com,
29 Jan. 2026
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Frigid Arctic air moves back in There’s also a chance for light snow in a narrow band stretching from eastern Nebraska through southwest Iowa and possibly into northern Missouri.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
28 Jan. 2026
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European allies welcomed news of the framework, but some warned that the damage to the EU-US relationship is already done, even after the US backed away from threats to hit them with additional trade tariffs over their opposition to a US takeover.—
Lauren Kent,
CNN Money,
24 Jan. 2026
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Are the countries Trump has slapped with a huge tariff going to send us their data?—
MIKE STOBBE,
Arkansas Online,
24 Jan. 2026
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His eyes strained to decipher the hurriedly ornate calligraphy, which often bled to the other side of the sheet, making the documents even harder to read.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
28 Jan. 2026
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The Republican president’s push to acquire Greenland strained the NATO alliance, alarming Canada, which shares a 3,000-kilometer (1,864 mile) maritime border with Greenland in the Arctic.—
Rob Gillies,
Fortune,
28 Jan. 2026
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Cho's team has demanded the death sentence for Yoon by viewing his martial law imposition as a rebellion.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
29 Jan. 2026
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Cho’s team has demanded the death sentence for Yoon by viewing his martial law imposition as a rebellion.—
Hyung-Jin Kim,
Los Angeles Times,
28 Jan. 2026
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As people fled, government forces closed off the main exits of the market toward the street and directly shot at people trying to flee the flames, Saman said.—
Somayeh Malekian,
ABC News,
27 Jan. 2026
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Jimmy Richardson flew Dorothy and Elvera French to Los Angeles, where newshawks tried to squeeze one more story out of them about their former houseguest.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
27 Jan. 2026
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When incidents unfold at machine speed, defenses are no longer tested in theory but in real time.—
James Hadley,
Forbes.com,
23 Jan. 2026
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Presidents have long tested the limits of those parameters, and Democrats argue that Trump in his second term has pushed those limits further than ever.—
STEPHEN GROVES THE ASSOCIATED PRESS,
Arkansas Online,
23 Jan. 2026
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Tennessee’s swim meet at Georgia and the USC Upstate women’s basketball game at Longwood were pushed to Friday from Saturday because of the forecast.—
John Raby,
Twin Cities,
23 Jan. 2026
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However, if gas falls toward a supermassive black hole too quickly, radiation from the gas starts to push back on the material flowing behind it.—
Georgina Jedikovska,
Interesting Engineering,
23 Jan. 2026
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“Tax.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tax. Accessed 30 Jan. 2026.
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