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
The bullpen was taxed and the Royals were down a run in the middle frames.
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Jaylon Thompson, Kansas City Star, 10 Sep. 2025
Traditional retirement plans—like a 401(k), 403(b), 457(b), SEP-IRA, or traditional IRA—offer tax breaks now, though withdrawals are taxed later.
—Kara Stevens, Essence, 10 Sep. 2025
And much of the nearly $1 billion gain would be taxed at a lower capital gains rate, not the higher income tax rate.
—Chris Isidore, CNN Money, 5 Sep. 2025
These withdrawals are taxed as ordinary income, and the RMD amount is calculated based on your life expectancy and account balance.
—True Tamplin, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
For them, not getting taxed on that income is a big deal.
—Aliss Higham, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Sep. 2025
Qualified charitable distributions allow people to donate money from their IRAs to charity without the money being taxed.
—Liz Weston, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 Aug. 2025
On July 4, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act was signed into law, restructuring, among other monumental changes, the way tips would be taxed for service workers.
—Sam Stone, Bon Appetit Magazine, 25 Aug. 2025
The collapsing housing market accompanying this crash significantly reduced the value of our interviewees’ nest eggs at a time when they were already financially taxed.
—Dave Smith, Fortune, 24 Aug. 2025
Jaylon Thompson, Kansas City Star, 10 Sep. 2025
Traditional retirement plans—like a 401(k), 403(b), 457(b), SEP-IRA, or traditional IRA—offer tax breaks now, though withdrawals are taxed later.
—Kara Stevens, Essence, 10 Sep. 2025
And much of the nearly $1 billion gain would be taxed at a lower capital gains rate, not the higher income tax rate.
—Chris Isidore, CNN Money, 5 Sep. 2025
These withdrawals are taxed as ordinary income, and the RMD amount is calculated based on your life expectancy and account balance.
—True Tamplin, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
For them, not getting taxed on that income is a big deal.
—Aliss Higham, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Sep. 2025
Qualified charitable distributions allow people to donate money from their IRAs to charity without the money being taxed.
—Liz Weston, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 Aug. 2025
On July 4, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act was signed into law, restructuring, among other monumental changes, the way tips would be taxed for service workers.
—Sam Stone, Bon Appetit Magazine, 25 Aug. 2025
The collapsing housing market accompanying this crash significantly reduced the value of our interviewees’ nest eggs at a time when they were already financially taxed.
—Dave Smith, Fortune, 24 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for taxed
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Barely any other media in recent times has given me an instant shock of glee or revulsion like this absurd anarcho-cartoon being stretched and squeezed to its most grotesque and wholesome clickbait limits.—
Kieran Press-Reynolds,
Pitchfork,
10 Sep. 2025
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Dizon & Truong had to play last weeks’ Japan Open champions Yufei Long & Ting Chieh Wei in the quarters before getting stretched to a third game by two of Australia’s best in Nicola Schoeman and Danni-Elle Townsend in the semis.—
Todd Boss,
Forbes.com,
10 Sep. 2025
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Relations are strained, too, with his brother Prince William and sister-in-law Kate Middleton.—
Simon Perry,
PEOPLE,
8 Sep. 2025
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Kennedy, 71, has spasmodic dysphonia, a rare neurological condition in which the muscles that open and close his vocal cords spasm involuntarily, creating a strained or strangled quality to his speech.—
Sandee LaMotte,
CNN Money,
4 Sep. 2025
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When the shot rang out, Nathalie tried to reach her daughter, but the melee of panicked runners forced her out a side gate.—
Rick Jervis,
USA Today,
14 Sep. 2025
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The next day, Encarnacion hit a 442-foot homer in his second at-bat of the game, then injured his hamstring in his third at-bat as Encarnacion tried running out an infield single.—
Justice delos Santos,
Mercury News,
14 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Even if advised by a manufacturer, the marble cleaning solution should still be tested on a small, inconspicuous area before getting started.—
Patricia Shannon,
Southern Living,
9 Sep. 2025
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The results from the National Assessment of Education Progress (NAEP) showed on Tuesday that about a third of the 12th graders tested in 2024 did not have basic reading skills, while almost half did not have basic math skills.—
Khaleda Rahman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
9 Sep. 2025
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Laura is frantic about saving Daniel after learning Cherry pushed her father from a construction site, fracturing his spine in two places.—
Erin Jensen,
USA Today,
12 Sep. 2025
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If verified, some researchers suggest this respite also could be a glimpse of future hurricane seasons, with the historic early-to-mid-September peak pushed back on the calendar.—
Alex Harris,
Miami Herald,
11 Sep. 2025
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“Taxed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/taxed. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.
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