taxed

past tense of tax

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of taxed After owning the investment for a year, you'll be taxed at long-term capital gains rates. Cheryl Winokur Munk, CNBC, 21 July 2026 Defendants Deduct Most Settlements on their Taxes In most cases, business defendants should be able to claim a tax deduction for settlement payments, regardless of how the plaintiff will be taxed. Robert W. Wood, Forbes.com, 20 July 2026 But the language of Amendment 5 does not say which industries would — and would not — be taxed under the plan. Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 17 July 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for taxed
Verb
  • The two-run advantage was stretched further in the fourth inning.
    Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 26 July 2026
  • Heat indexes well above 100 degrees Fahrenheit (38 Celsius) stretched from Minnesota down to Mississippi, extending west into southern California and Nevada.
    ABC News, ABC News, 26 July 2026
Verb
  • Wars and geopolitical tensions can disrupt shipping, energy supplies and agricultural inputs, increasing costs across food systems already strained by inflation.
    ABC News, ABC News, 21 July 2026
  • Alphabet reportedly plans to deploy the chip by 2028 to ease an internal shortage of AI computing power that has strained its operations and forced Google Cloud to turn away customers.
    Ty Roush, Forbes.com, 20 July 2026
Verb
  • This year, Hermes tried unsuccessfully to get lawmakers to take up his judicial reform cause, showing up in-person in the Statehouse to propose two pieces of legislation that died in House committees without receiving hearings.
    Sophie Lindberg, Kansas City Star, 24 July 2026
  • As bystanders began to arrive at the crash site, Garcia tried to take several cars, prosecutors said.
    Rosalio Ahumada, Sacbee.com, 23 July 2026
Verb
  • Before that, Stewart tested out a pink dip-dye and returned to chestnut brown after a period of time as a bleach blonde.
    Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 24 July 2026
  • Under cross-examination, Wallace said investigators did not swab or collect two chainsaws found in Burke’s garage because both tested negative for possible traces of blood.
    Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 24 July 2026
Verb
  • President Joe Biden successfully pushed to move South Carolin a to the front of Democrats' 2024 calendar after the state revived his struggling 2020 presidential campaign.
    ABC News, ABC News, 24 July 2026
  • Why the Navy is investing in counter-UUV capability The proliferation of UUVs among potential adversaries has pushed undersea autonomous threat response up the Navies priority list.
    Aditya Jadhav, Interesting Engineering, 24 July 2026

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“Taxed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/taxed. Accessed 28 Jul. 2026.

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