tolls 1 of 2

plural of toll

tolls

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of toll

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of tolls
Noun
He was also associated with the rehabilitation of the Baltimore Harbor Tunnel, the end of two-way tolls on toll facilities, including the Chesapeake Bay Bridge and the early development of the platform for electronic toll collection on Maryland’s highways and bridges. Jacques Kelly, Baltimore Sun, 7 Feb. 2026
Verb
As the car carrying him departed the police station, a photographer captured another indelible image, of the former Prince slumped in the back seat, wide-eyed and slack-jawed—the boy for whom the chimes once pealed looking very much like a man for whom the bell now tolls. Rebecca Mead, New Yorker, 21 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for tolls
Noun
  • Rising fuel costs increase production expenses and can feed directly into higher food prices.
    ABC News, ABC News, 21 July 2026
  • But teams book national revenue at differing amounts on their income statements, based on the timing of payments and gross revenue versus net of league expenses.
    Kurt Badenhausen, Sportico.com, 21 July 2026
Noun
  • And with looming questions about tariffs, labor markets, and shifting political conditions, many companies are treating automation as a long-term hedge against uncertainty, not a one-time upgrade.
    Arthur Zaczkiewicz, Footwear News, 17 July 2026
  • Beyond the Iran war, tariffs are still a top-three issue for executives, according to Homkes.
    Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 17 July 2026
Verb
  • The blast rings out as the helpless attorney watches in horror.
    Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 22 July 2026
  • Recounting her boyfriend calling the police on her during their fraught break-up, the chorus rings out over rowdy snares like a brutal playground taunt.
    Will Pritchard, Pitchfork, 20 July 2026
Noun
  • Trump is reportedly weighing the new levies as a 10% temporary global tariff expires Friday.
    Sara Dorn, Forbes.com, 21 July 2026
  • Paper cups, wool gloves, cotton t-shirts and sand-blasting machines make up a sample of additional products subject to the levies.
    Max Zahn, ABC News, 21 July 2026
Verb
  • That chimes with the European Central Bank's ambition of a single banking jurisdiction, with capital and liquidity able to move freely within cross-border groups and depositors enjoying equal protection.
    Hugh Leask, CNBC, 16 July 2026
  • Galeotti explains that in a weaponized world, there is permanent chaos and constant battles, something that chimes with what is unfolding at the World Cup.
    Simon Chadwick, Forbes.com, 11 June 2026
Noun
  • Higher Ed Excise Taxes In most parts of [America], excises must be confined within a narrow compass.
    Marie Sapirie, Forbes.com, 25 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • As the genre’s name suggests, country music tends to be preoccupied with place; the charts are full of tributes to the satisfaction of being firmly rooted in a small town, and the sorrows of leaving it behind.
    Kelefa Sanneh, New Yorker, 19 July 2026
  • Fricker probably would not like the tributes that are pouring out today.
    Bethy Squires, Vulture, 17 July 2026
Noun
  • Literary approaches to genre study often treat genres as either exclusively aesthetic objects or impositions on artistic freedom.
    Tham Thi Nguyen, Encyclopedia Britannica, 26 May 2026
  • Concerned about the influx of solar and wind farms being built in Sardinia by outsiders, Roberto Pusceddu, under his pen name Erre Push, published a graphic novel that aimed to inspire young people to resist such impositions.
    IEEE Spectrum, IEEE Spectrum, 7 May 2026

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“Tolls.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tolls. Accessed 23 Jul. 2026.

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