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
Mary Ramsey, Charlotte Observer, 29 Oct. 2025
Instead, nearly 40% of the city’s budget is driven by a 15% tax on hotel stays.
—Victoria Le, Oc Register, 29 Oct. 2025
Rachel Royster, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 Oct. 2025
Much of their wealth is rarely taxed because gains on stocks and assets are rarely realized or have been inherited tax-free.
—Cathie Anderson, Sacbee.com, 24 Oct. 2025
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Noun
If the referendum passes, local leaders anticipate the tax increase will generate more than $19 billion in revenue over the next 30 years.
—Mary Ramsey, Charlotte Observer, 29 Oct. 2025
Instead, nearly 40% of the city’s budget is driven by a 15% tax on hotel stays.
—Victoria Le, Oc Register, 29 Oct. 2025
Verb
Due to its sharp increase of votes for Tarrant County College, all the other taxing entities were shorted the number of votes they are entitled to, Barnes said.
—Rachel Royster, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 Oct. 2025
Much of their wealth is rarely taxed because gains on stocks and assets are rarely realized or have been inherited tax-free.
—Cathie Anderson, Sacbee.com, 24 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tax
Noun
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And some voters will have the opportunity to weigh in on tax increase measures, including Boise’s ask for an $11 million open-space levy and Meridian’s for a $5 million public safety levy.—
Rose Evans
November 3,
Idaho Statesman,
3 Nov. 2025
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Because state law limits the amount of revenue municipalities can raise through property and sales tax levies, wheel taxes have been increasingly proposed across Wisconsin municipalities as solutions to rising costs.—
Claudia Levens,
jsonline.com,
3 Nov. 2025
Verb
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Maybe the trailing parent is simply the next logical step in an era when adolescence stretches longer.—
Russell Shaw,
The Atlantic,
2 Nov. 2025
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The payments appeared set to stop at the beginning of November, as the shutdown has stretched into a new week.—
Aysha Bagchi,
USA Today,
2 Nov. 2025
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And businesses that have so far swallowed the tariffs without raising prices may not be able to for much longer.—
Liz Hoffman,
semafor.com,
4 Nov. 2025
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Trump’s tariffs are unpopular Trump has argued that tariffs will bring manufacturing and jobs back to the United States, but the public hasn’t gotten behind them.—
Jennifer Borresen,
USA Today,
3 Nov. 2025
Verb
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Shake hard over ice for 8 to 10 seconds, and strain into rocks glass over fresh ice.—
Jeremy Repanich,
Robb Report,
25 Oct. 2025
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More than 150,000 new Rohingya refugees have arrived in the camps in the past two years, UNHCR says, straining the tight resources.—
Rebecca Wright,
CNN Money,
25 Oct. 2025
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Platte County Circuit Judge Amy Ashelford suspended the imposition of his sentence and placed him on two years’ probation.—
Judy L. Thomas,
Kansas City Star,
31 Oct. 2025
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An Updown girl buried with adornments befitting the seventh-century Anglo-Saxon elite had a sub-Saharan African grandparent, and the Slavicization of Eurasia was the result of east-to-west migration rather than of top-down imposition by Slavic elites.—
Rafil Kroll-Zaidi,
Harpers Magazine,
29 Oct. 2025
Verb
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While this violation enrages the village’s women, the men who make up the Panchayat (village council) try and fail to cast her out of town.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
30 Oct. 2025
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The film followed Chan Lok-kwun (Raymond Lam), a mainland refugee trying to pay his way to a fake ID by winning bare-knuckle brawls.—
Marcus Lim,
Variety,
29 Oct. 2025
Verb
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An internal investigation by Kenvue Brands LLC, the company that owns Neutrogena, revealed the brand’s Makeup Remover Ultra-Soft Cleansing Towelettes tested positive for a bacteria known as pluralibacter gergoviae, per information released by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA).—
Toria Sheffield,
PEOPLE,
26 Oct. 2025
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Given the Frenchman’s frightening form — already up to 18 goals for club and country this season — expect to see Mbappe looking to test the millimetric precision of the Barcelona high line once again.—
Anantaajith Raghuraman,
New York Times,
25 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Altria The parent company of tobacco brand Marlboro and one of the country’s largest tobacco firms has pushed for less FDA oversight of e-cigarettes.—
Dave Smith,
Fortune,
26 Oct. 2025
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As Lloyd Kelly passes to Andrea Cambiaso, Valverde pushes up from right-back while Jude Bellingham and Tchouameni track Teun Koopmeiners and Khephren Thuram.—
Anantaajith Raghuraman,
New York Times,
25 Oct. 2025
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“Tax.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tax. Accessed 4 Nov. 2025.
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