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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Kyle Martin, The Mercury News, 5 Nov. 2024
Here's how Harris and Trump's tax plans would impact your taxes
How much money do U.S. senators make?
—Kate Gibson, CBS News, 5 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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By Wednesday morning, results showed about 54% of voters decided against the tax and about 46% of voters wanted it.
—Kyle Martin, The Mercury News, 5 Nov. 2024
Here's how Harris and Trump's tax plans would impact your taxes
How much money do U.S. senators make?
—Kate Gibson, CBS News, 5 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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Pundits and pollsters have spent the final weeks straining to identify any shift in the candidates’ chances.Chris Megerian, Twin Cities, 4 Nov. 2024
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The increases would hit low-income families the hardest, NRF says, further straining their budgets.Francisco Velasquez, Quartz, 4 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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Which is why Bezos tried to distance himself from the meeting between Trump and executives in his space-exploration company Blue Origin on the very day the no-endorsement was made public.Dominic Patten, Deadline, 5 Nov. 2024
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Do not try to leave it at a polling place; it won't be accepted there.Steph Solis, Axios, 5 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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Game of Thrones pushed the genre snobbery toward fantasy.Joe Reid, Vulture, 8 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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“Tax.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tax. Accessed 19 Nov. 2024.
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