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
K. Lloyd Billingsley, Orange County Register, 11 Nov. 2024
While full repeal of the act may be unlikely, an administration hostile to clean energy could divert its unspent funds to other purposes, slow the pace of grants or loans by slow-walking project approvals, or find other ways to make the tax incentives harder to get.
—James Morton Turner, Discover Magazine, 9 Nov. 2024
Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 30 Oct. 2024
Kitchen Appliances Whipping up holiday treats, gameday feasts, and hot comfort foods like chili can be taxing on your kitchen.
—Mary Cornetta, Better Homes & Gardens, 29 Oct. 2024
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Proposition 13 made California a national leader but a reactionary ruling class now bars the people from curtailing tax and fee hikes.
—K. Lloyd Billingsley, Orange County Register, 11 Nov. 2024
While full repeal of the act may be unlikely, an administration hostile to clean energy could divert its unspent funds to other purposes, slow the pace of grants or loans by slow-walking project approvals, or find other ways to make the tax incentives harder to get.
—James Morton Turner, Discover Magazine, 9 Nov. 2024
Verb
In many ways, Tuesday felt like deja vu. To win the first three games of this World Series, the Dodgers’ bullpen was heavily taxed.
—Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 30 Oct. 2024
Kitchen Appliances Whipping up holiday treats, gameday feasts, and hot comfort foods like chili can be taxing on your kitchen.
—Mary Cornetta, Better Homes & Gardens, 29 Oct. 2024
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Pro tips: Check what's on your sample ballot and use Franklin County's levy estimator to see how your property taxes would be affected by a successful levy or bond issue.Alissa Widman Neese, Axios, 4 Nov. 2024
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Byron Callan, aerospace and defense analyst with Capital Alpha Partners The U.S. got a taste of the damage that tariffs wreak after the Trump administration imposed a 25% tariff in 2018 on most steel imports and a 10% levy on aluminum.Jeremy Bogaisky, Forbes, 2 Nov. 2024
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The basin stretches over eastern Montana, western North Dakota and South Dakota and the southern Canadian province of Saskatchewan.Judith Kohler, The Denver Post, 7 Nov. 2024
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But that Friday the second-grader was elated to stretch her legs for a bear drive on state game land with her grandfather, her dad, and a dozen of his buddies.Natalie Krebs, Outdoor Life, 7 Nov. 2024
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The National Retail Federation warned that U.S. consumers could lose $46 billion to $78 billion in spending power each year if Trump imposes new tariffs.Peter Green, Quartz, 9 Nov. 2024
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But Chinese officials laser-focused on stabilizing their faltering economy are also mindful of the tariffs of 60% or more that Trump has vowed to impose on all Chinese imports.Jennifer Jett, NBC News, 7 Nov. 2024
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The Grizzlies were already without star guard Ja Morant, who hasn’t played since suffering pelvic muscle strains and subluxation (partial dislocation) in his right hip in last week’s matchup against the Lakers, Desmond Bane (strained right oblique) and GG Jackson (right foot surgery recovery).Khobi Price, Orange County Register, 13 Nov. 2024
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The gravitational pressure on the pelvic floor strains the muscles when constantly sitting for long periods.CNN.com Wire Service, The Mercury News, 12 Nov. 2024
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Throughout history, in the United States and elsewhere, the imposition of political control on a civil service has been a recipe for incompetence and anti-democratic abuse.Zack Beauchamp, Vox, 1 Nov. 2024
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Start by understanding that the imposition of significant import tariffs by the largest economy in the world would affect the entire global economy.Edward Lotterman, Twin Cities, 29 Sep. 2024
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The 49ers were working to try to get ahead of the story.Grace Hase, The Mercury News, 16 Nov. 2024
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Beth Smith lives and runs in Burlingame, California, and runs roads and trails while trying to not get Prednisone-level poison oak rashes.Lisa Jhung, Outside Online, 15 Nov. 2024
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The team hopes that future studies can test the effectiveness of different treatment methods on other corals.Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 14 Nov. 2024
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The goal is to grow Waymo in its existing service areas while also testing the self-driving tech in cities like Buffalo, New York, and Washington, D.C.Michael Kan, PCMAG, 12 Nov. 2024
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The open-wheelers are collectively pushing back on a linguistic crackdown by the sport’s governing body.Melvin Backman, Quartz, 8 Nov. 2024
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The key question: What does death awareness do to people? After writing about death, people tend to quickly move on, pushing thoughts of it from consciousness with distractions, rationalizations, and other tactics.Discover Magazine, Discover Magazine, 8 Nov. 2024
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“Tax.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tax. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
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