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
R. Christian Smith, Chicago Tribune, 16 June 2025
By adding Devers and subtracting the rest of Hicks’ $12.5 million salary, Giants are adding roughly $10 million to their 2025 payroll as calculated for competitive balance tax purposes.
—Andrew Baggarly, New York Times, 16 June 2025
Jeanne Sahadi, CNN Money, 10 June 2025
Polling conducted exclusively for Newsweek by Redfield & Wilton Strategies back in July 2024 showed that 67 percent of Americans do not believe tips given to service workers should be taxed.
—Aliss Higham, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 June 2025
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Noun
The city’s water budget, which is $57.8 million in 2025, is not supported by any tax revenue and instead is covered primarily by fees, Bauer said during his presentation to the Committee of the Whole on June 3.
—R. Christian Smith, Chicago Tribune, 16 June 2025
By adding Devers and subtracting the rest of Hicks’ $12.5 million salary, Giants are adding roughly $10 million to their 2025 payroll as calculated for competitive balance tax purposes.
—Andrew Baggarly, New York Times, 16 June 2025
Verb
But they will be taxed as ordinary income and subject to an additional 10% tax if an under-30 beneficiary uses them for other expenses.
—Jeanne Sahadi, CNN Money, 10 June 2025
Polling conducted exclusively for Newsweek by Redfield & Wilton Strategies back in July 2024 showed that 67 percent of Americans do not believe tips given to service workers should be taxed.
—Aliss Higham, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tax
Noun
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Exit Taxes And Hidden Costs Many countries impose departure levies.—
Jeremy Savory,
Forbes.com,
11 June 2025
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In the trade war simulation, the team representing the United States introduced expansive levies on all major trading partners but remained open to negotiating alternative arrangements.—
Emily Kilcrease,
Foreign Affairs,
9 June 2025
Verb
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Employees' responsibilities were redistributed, stretch limits and recovery times were set and managers were held accountable for pacing.—
Apryl Evans,
Forbes.com,
12 June 2025
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By 2005, wolf territory in Idaho stretched from near the Canadian border, south to Interstate 84 and east from the Oregon border to the Montana and Wyoming borders, the wolf team noted in its annual report.—
Clark Corbin,
Idaho Statesman,
12 June 2025
Noun
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From the governor’s office, Scott has taken a skeptical eye toward a major Trump administration policy plank, its widespread imposition of tariffs on foreign countries.—
David Mark,
The Washington Examiner,
13 June 2025
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If, however, the president makes good on those threats or even institutes a different series of tariffs to discourage studios from shooting movies overseas, no amount of tax credits and belt-tightening will be able to save the day.—
Alex Ritman,
Variety,
13 June 2025
Verb
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Partnership strained as OpenAI sought new cloud providers Last year, the US Federal Trade Commission under the Biden administration began examining the Microsoft-OpenAI partnership in more detail.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
17 June 2025
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Avoid straining, lifting, and bending down to pick up things for up to four weeks after a blepharoplasty.—
Anna Giorgi,
Verywell Health,
14 June 2025
Noun
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The judge suspended imposition of the sentence on the careless driving citation and placed Walker on two years of unsupervised probation.—
Robert A. Cronkleton,
Kansas City Star,
12 June 2025
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Majorities oppose the imposition of tariffs on goods from Canada, Mexico and China, with approval ratings of just 27%, 29% and 36%, respectively.—
Kate Wolffe,
Sacbee.com,
12 June 2025
Verb
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Which came from that kid in a dysfunctional family trying to make everybody happy by dancing around.—
Brian Hiatt,
Rolling Stone,
16 June 2025
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Wang is an organizer with the DREAM campaign, a grassroots group trying to keep the former governor Andrew Cuomo from winning the Democratic mayoral primary later this month.—
Jael Goldfine,
New Yorker,
16 June 2025
Verb
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The couple’s relationship was tested once two new bombshells, Cierra Ortega and Charlie Georgiou, arrived on the island.—
Giana Levy,
Variety,
12 June 2025
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Figure is already testing its humanoid robots in BMW’s South Carolina manufacturing facility.—
Mack DeGeurin,
Popular Science,
12 June 2025
Verb
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Video footage from the incident showed Padilla pushed to the ground and handcuffed outside the door while attempting to speak to Noem during the conference.—
Anna Commander,
MSNBC Newsweek,
21 June 2025
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On Tuesday, staffers of the agency issued a statement to push for Corrêa's resignation.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
20 June 2025
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“Tax.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tax. Accessed 24 Jun. 2025.
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