as in challenging
requiring much time, effort, or careful attention
a very taxing workload that is taking a lot of time to finish
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as in stretching
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 taxing
Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 3 Apr. 2025
The higher a property’s value is, the more taxing entities may collect from that given property.
—Sofi Zeman, Kansas City Star, 15 Apr. 2025
While Kerr said that Butler was OK and pointed to Curry’s 36 points as a sign his thumb wasn’t a concern, the Warriors also played one of their most taxing games of the season.
—Evan Webeck, Mercury News, 13 Apr. 2025
While the majority party is historically at a disadvantage during midterm elections, Democrats face a taxing path to reclaiming a Senate majority, needing to flip four seats to reclaim power in the upper chamber.
—Emily Hallas, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 1 Feb. 2025
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Adjective
These contexts can be very taxing on the voice, especially when compared to quietly speaking for the same period of time.
—Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 3 Apr. 2025
The higher a property’s value is, the more taxing entities may collect from that given property.
—Sofi Zeman, Kansas City Star, 15 Apr. 2025
While Kerr said that Butler was OK and pointed to Curry’s 36 points as a sign his thumb wasn’t a concern, the Warriors also played one of their most taxing games of the season.
—Evan Webeck, Mercury News, 13 Apr. 2025
While the majority party is historically at a disadvantage during midterm elections, Democrats face a taxing path to reclaiming a Senate majority, needing to flip four seats to reclaim power in the upper chamber.
—Emily Hallas, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 1 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for taxing
Adjective
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Building wealth can be a challenging task, especially in challenging economic times.—
Anne-Lyse Ngatta,
Forbes.com,
3 June 2025
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Predicting how technology will change our relationship with terminology is challenging, but the need for precise scientific language, including the names of species, will never go away.—
Nicholas Green,
The Conversation,
3 June 2025
Adjective
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The nausea is now mostly in the past, Lauren says, and the Lanes are realizing that getting ready for a third child isn’t as demanding as earlier preparations.—
Nancy Kruh,
People.com,
30 May 2025
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Work and home will be equally demanding, as Venus meets with Jupiter on June 4.—
Liz Simmons,
StyleCaster,
27 May 2025
Verb
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New York police on Monday were trying to determine why someone set a woman ablaze board a train in Brooklyn in a fatal attack drawing outrage from city and state leaders who have been laboring to make the trains safer.—
John Bacon,
USA TODAY,
24 Dec. 2024
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Nobody inside the Minnesota Wild locker room was trying to insult anybody’s intelligence by claiming a 1-goal win Monday night over the worst team in the NHL completely cured their recent ills.—
Michael Russo,
The Athletic,
24 Dec. 2024
Adjective
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But the fact that Schwartzman, in his first film, was given the difficult task of stealing laughs away from a comedy legend, and so often succeeds in doing so, gives him the slight edge.—
Shannon Carlin,
Time,
30 May 2025
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These connections are difficult to make from within, but consultants are trained to see across boundaries.—
Dr. Diane Hamilton,
Forbes.com,
30 May 2025
Verb
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He was forced to leave the game in the final minutes of the Pelicans’ Play-In Tournament loss to the Lakers last season after straining his left hamstring.—
William Guillory,
The Athletic,
8 Jan. 2025
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Le Pen's remarks often sparked public outrage, but his influence shaped France's populist movement, with his inflammatory statements, including Holocaust denial, resulting in multiple convictions and straining his political alliances.—
Kevin Lynn,
Newsweek,
7 Jan. 2025
Verb
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With the MacBook Air launching earlier than the iPhone SE and ahead of the next Apple Intelligence update, this points to a press release launch and Apple pushing its consumer laptops further into the background.—
Ewan Spence,
Forbes,
24 Dec. 2024
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That presents some planning opportunities, including possibly pushing some SALT payments into 2026.—
Kelly Phillips Erb,
Forbes,
24 Dec. 2024
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“Taxing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/taxing. Accessed 6 Jun. 2025.
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