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as in drafting
to pick especially for required military service
unprepared for war, the government was forced to levy young citizens on a scale that was unprecedented in its history
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as in imposing
to establish or apply as a charge or penalty
the baseball commissioner levied a fine against every player involved in the fracas
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Noun
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The imposition of those tariffs on Mexico and Canada, though, was delayed for a month by subsequent executive orders after talks with those countries.—
Joseph Lawler,
Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government,
10 Feb. 2025 -
However, the country's deflationary crisis persists, and when compounded by sluggish domestic consumption, an out-of-character production slump, and the recent imposition of tariffs from the United States, creates a fourfold challenge for the economic giant.—
Justin Gest,
Newsweek,
10 Feb. 2025
Verb
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Temporarily suppressing our rational thought and imposing randomness supercharges unconscious processes.—
Hulan Hagen,
Forbes,
26 Dec. 2024
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At the imposing stone Hotel Pordoi, a former church school on the onetime Austrian border, at more than 7,000 feet, the xx plays on the stereo.—
Toby Skinner,
Condé Nast Traveler,
26 Dec. 2024
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Other nations use economic assessments to decide whether to cover drugs and at what price, often paying far less than the U.S. for the same treatments.—
Robin Fields,
CNN,
17 Feb. 2025
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Vanessa Perry, interim dean of the George Washington University School of Business, agrees with that assessment.—
Andrea Riquier,
USA TODAY,
17 Feb. 2025
Verb
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Their contactless wireless charging technology eliminates the need for complex wiring to enable new features and improve product reliability.—
Christer Holloman,
Forbes,
8 Jan. 2025
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But charging for service remains farther down the road.—
Rob Pegoraro,
PCMAG,
8 Jan. 2025
Noun
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Violations of the law could result in fines of $5,000 per user.—
Ahtra Elnashar,
Baltimore Sun,
14 Feb. 2025
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Since 2020, Robinhood has paid the SEC more than $100 million in fines for a range of infractions ranging from misleading its customers, to delivering subpar executions on trades and exposing its accountholder’s data to hackers.—
Javier Paz,
Forbes,
13 Feb. 2025
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Those charges were sent back to a Bucharest court in December after the Tates successfully filed an appeal.—
Cybele Mayes-Osterman,
USA TODAY,
19 Feb. 2025
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Read’s case ended in a mistrial with a deadlocked jury last July and charges were quickly refiled.—
David Matthews,
New York Daily News,
19 Feb. 2025
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“Levying.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/levying. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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