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noun

plural of tax
as in levies
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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verb

present tense third-person singular of tax
as in stretches
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 taxes
Verb
That’s where the state taxes something like a utility but then allows the county and city to add taxes on top of the taxes. — Peggy Gossett-Seidman, Sun Sentinel, 23 Sep. 2026 The current system — in which the federal government taxes a state’s residents and then gives some of that money back to fund programs that the states already administer — is convoluted and wasteful. — Editorial Board, Washington Post, 14 Sep. 2026 Maryland is the only state that taxes both sides, with an estate and inheritance tax. — Medora Lee, USA Today, 6 Sep. 2026 Hemp beverages reached national scale by selling outside the licensed marijuana system, the same system that taxes and constrains the legacy and social equity operators Dawson has spent years amplifying. — Javier Hasse, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2026 However, experts say any influx taxes the underfunded system. — Aj Willingham, AJC.com, 13 July 2026 Every state taxes alcoholic beverages, though the tax treatment of certain alcoholic beverages may appear arbitrary. — Adam Hoffer, Chicago Tribune, 5 July 2026 At the center of one of the competing measures is a proposal to change how Inglewood taxes stadium tickets. — Christopher Damien, Los Angeles Times, 9 June 2026 Some of the wealthiest individuals in America get away with paying lower tax rates than a Boston public school teacher because our system taxes income but not wealth. — Sen. Elizabeth Warren, Time, 27 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for taxes
  1. levies
  2. stretches
  3. tariffs
  4. tests
  5. duties
  6. tries
  7. impositions
  8. strains
Noun
  • The schools then call for tax levies to pay for the increases.
    — Joe Kinsey OutKick, FOXNews.com, 5 Oct. 2026
  • Those levies were under scrutiny Wednesday, when judges pressed the administration on whether Greer had sufficient justification.
    — Eleanor Mueller, semafor.com, 1 Oct. 2026
Definition of levies
Verb
  • That realization became one of many while crafting a series on a book that spans 50 years and stretches across the country but that Kazan insists is built on the characters, rather than spectacle.
    — Lexy Perez, HollywoodReporter, 4 Oct. 2026
  • Highway 1 stretches 656 miles from Leggett in Mendocino County to Dana Point in Orange County.
    — Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 4 Oct. 2026
Definition of stretches
Noun
  • The first nine months of 2026 have been marked by inflation, war, tariffs and the Federal Reserve's first rate hike since 2023, among other market-moving events.
    — Jessica Dickler, CNBC, 8 Oct. 2026
  • Produced in China, the Ojai is significantly cheaper than the Jaguar even after tariffs.
    — Henry Payne, Chicago Tribune, 8 Oct. 2026
Definition of tariffs
Verb
  • Sara follows sign and clue, tests loyalties and refuses to look away until the dead are heard and justice is within reach.
    — Leo Barraclough, Variety, 9 Oct. 2026
  • The series marks another expansion beyond Hulu, where American High operates under a first-look output deal, and tests whether IP developed in-house can scale its audience on streaming’s biggest stage.
    — Matt Grobar, Deadline, 5 Oct. 2026
Definition of tests
Noun
  • Directing duties are shared by China’s Zhao Yilong and American filmmaker Shaun Piccinino.
    — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 10 Oct. 2026
  • More than 1,500 potential voters signed up for a meeting of the Los Angeles Continuum of Care board to pick a replacement for the core duties of the beleaguered Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 10 Oct. 2026
Definition of duties
Verb
  • This isn’t one of those stories in which the protagonist desperately tries to convince everyone they’re being pursued by some kind of demon from beyond that no one else can see.
    — Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 9 Oct. 2026
  • Part of how the show tries to earn it is through the entrances.
    — Alex Zalben, IndieWire, 9 Oct. 2026
Definition of tries
Noun
  • These impositions are gradual and incredibly well-meaning, although even their medicinal intentions come laced with the word of a foreign lord and savior, whose crucifixes and tales of forgiveness are at odds with the local rituals.
    — Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 20 Sep. 2026
  • Then we will be prepared, no matter how temptations may come, not to get inflamed by impositions, insults, and offenses that speak to the opposite belief in some other presence or power.
    — Mark Swinney, Christian Science Monitor, 21 July 2026
Definition of impositions
Verb
  • What’s worse is the scene that follows, revealing the clean-up of multiple bodies and an elaborate rewriting of the narrative that strains credulity to put it mildly, not to mention shortchanging the Mexican characters.
    — David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 8 Oct. 2026
  • But strains at the top of the organization over its brand and direction reflect many premium news outlets’ dilemmas about survival and profit in a post-traffic, AI-ascendant media age.
    — Max Tani, semafor.com, 5 Oct. 2026
Definition of strains

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“Taxes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/taxes. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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