taxed

verb

Definition of taxednext
past tense of tax
as in stretched
to subject (a personal quality or faculty) to often excessive stress your constant arguing is starting to tax my patience

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  1. strained
  2. tried
  3. tested
  4. pushed
Verb
  • Ukraine may be strained, but Russia is edging the precipice of disaster.
    Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, TIME, 10 Dec. 2024
  • The influx of Syrian refugees into Turkey has strained its economy and created a significant political challenge for President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.
    Hannah Parry, Newsweek, 6 Dec. 2024
Definition of strained
Verb
  • Another scenario is a retreat to familiar methods—doubling down on tried-and-tested networks, even if that means missing emerging openings.
    Guney Yildiz, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
  • The search for Prague’s missing books began during World War II, when members of the city’s then Jewish community tried to track some of them down, Bušek said.
    Lianne Kolirin, CNN, 11 Dec. 2024
Definition of tried
Verb
  • The report added that other members of the child’s family had consumed smaller amounts of the same raw milk with their coffee, but all of them tested negative for influenza.
    Siladitya Ray, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
  • Owners of herds where cattle have tested positive for the bird flu virus will also have to provide epidemiological information that allows for contact tracing and disease surveillance.
    Siladitya Ray, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
Definition of tested
Verb
  • Multiple union locals representing Hollywood’s below-the-line workers have pushed for overall minimum staffing requirements but have gotten little traction.
    Wendy Lee, Los Angeles Times, 11 Dec. 2024
  • Increasing attention to missing persons cases was a key reason Bradford pushed for the establishment of the Ebony Alert system.
    Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 11 Dec. 2024
Definition of pushed
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