as in stretched
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 taxed
Amounts above the annual $19,000 gift exclusion will generally be taxed at the highest estate or gift tax rate, which is currently 40%.
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Medora Lee, USA Today, 27 Jan. 2026
Critics counter that sports futures trading is no different than gambling and must be regulated and taxed as such on a state-by-state basis.
—Dan Bernstein, Sportico.com, 27 Jan. 2026
Interest from bonds, bond funds, money market funds and savings accounts is taxed as ordinary income.
—Darla Mercado, Cfp®, CNBC, 27 Jan. 2026
For 2025, the IRS made meaningful inflation adjustments to the federal tax brackets and the standard deduction, determining how much income is ultimately taxed.
—Emma Waldman, Forbes.com, 24 Jan. 2026
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
The utility user tax would raise money that could be used on operating and capital budgets, but the amount of money that could be raised from it would vary depending on the rate and services taxed.
—Nollyanne Delacruz, Mercury News, 21 Jan. 2026
Sorry, Governor, but New York is likely the welfare fraud capital of the nation — a major reason New Yorkers are taxed to death.
—Betsy McCaughey, Boston Herald, 18 Jan. 2026
Medora Lee, USA Today, 27 Jan. 2026
Critics counter that sports futures trading is no different than gambling and must be regulated and taxed as such on a state-by-state basis.
—Dan Bernstein, Sportico.com, 27 Jan. 2026
Interest from bonds, bond funds, money market funds and savings accounts is taxed as ordinary income.
—Darla Mercado, Cfp®, CNBC, 27 Jan. 2026
For 2025, the IRS made meaningful inflation adjustments to the federal tax brackets and the standard deduction, determining how much income is ultimately taxed.
—Emma Waldman, Forbes.com, 24 Jan. 2026
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
The utility user tax would raise money that could be used on operating and capital budgets, but the amount of money that could be raised from it would vary depending on the rate and services taxed.
—Nollyanne Delacruz, Mercury News, 21 Jan. 2026
Sorry, Governor, but New York is likely the welfare fraud capital of the nation — a major reason New Yorkers are taxed to death.
—Betsy McCaughey, Boston Herald, 18 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for taxed
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The law requires presidents to notify Congress within 48 hours of deploying forces and to end military action within 60 to 90 days absent authorization — limits that presidents of both parties have routinely stretched.—
Joey Cappelletti,
Chicago Tribune,
8 Jan. 2026
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State officials say the program is a way to reduce costs, prevent medication lapses, and ease the burden on doctors, particularly in rural areas where clinicians are already stretched thin.—
Beatrice Nolan,
Fortune,
8 Jan. 2026
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Trump’s threat came amid an escalating war of words with Carney as the Republican president’s push to acquire Greenland strained the NATO alliance.—
Michelle L. Price,
Los Angeles Times,
24 Jan. 2026
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The surge of immigration agents into Minnesota has strained the relationship between federal and local law enforcement.—
Christopher Cann,
USA Today,
23 Jan. 2026
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The third witness to testify Wednesday was Juan Lopez Vega, deputy field office director of ICE's enforcement and removal operations in Miami, who unsuccessfully tried to quash a subpoena compelling him to show up in court.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
29 Jan. 2026
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Heather Myers, Founder and CEO of Spark no9, tried them all.—
Dilan Gomih,
Forbes.com,
29 Jan. 2026
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The team tested the method on six different MXenes, including titanium carbide, niobium carbide, vanadium carbide, tantalum carbide, and titanium carbonitride.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
30 Jan. 2026
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In 2021, Richardson tested positive for THC, which is the chemical in marijuana, during a post-race drug test, giving her a 30-day suspension and ineligibility for the Tokyo Olympics.—
Ingrid Vasquez,
PEOPLE,
30 Jan. 2026
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That support came into doubt late last year, when the subway operator sought to tighten borrowing terms, and pushed the developer to the brink of default.—
Bloomberg News,
Bloomberg,
28 Jan. 2026
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They can easily be pushed, by these outside factors, into imbalance.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
28 Jan. 2026
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“Taxed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/taxed. Accessed 1 Feb. 2026.
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