excise
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Net revenue, which excludes excise taxes, decreased 3% to $520.1 million.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026
They did that because they don’t face the same excise tax on those fees that they do on fares.
From Slate ● May 12, 2026
Last week, Gov. Mike Braun extended the suspension for the Gas Use Tax and paused a separate 36-cent gasoline excise tax.
From MarketWatch ● May 11, 2026
The Irish government has in recent months cut excise duty on diesel and petrol but the latest package of measures is aimed at hauliers, farmers, agricultural contractors and fishers.
From BBC ● Apr. 29, 2026
Moss wished he could reach inside of his brain and excise the part of it that tormented him.
From "Anger Is a Gift" by Mark Oshiro
To confirm the source of the high frequency sound, researchers conducted excised larynx experiments.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 25, 2026
As for why some material was excised, the reasons vary.
From Salon ● Feb. 22, 2026
The studio version, too, has been excised from the set’s remix of “Some Time in New York City.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2025
Some of the writers of the articles either excised the phrase “minimizing its ideological threat” or seemed to pretend it didn’t exist.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 7, 2025
Since most letters were written on both sides of a single piece of paper, the material on the other side would also be excised.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
They’re dead-set on excising any shagginess that doesn’t fit their hidebound worldview, attacking textbooks and museums that dare to push beyond a straightforward explanation.
From Salon ● Jul. 23, 2026
You will respect your stepdaughter’s position by excising her from the trust, while ensuring you don’t leave a lot of swag for your stepson to squander.
From MarketWatch ● Dec. 20, 2025
In a fast-changing economy, businesses are automating some entry-level roles and excising middle layers of their org charts.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 13, 2025
It’s about excising the negative space to reveal the picture inside.
From New York Times ● Mar. 20, 2024
The treatment consists in excising the growth and the associated lymph glands as early and as freely as possible.
From Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. by Alexander Miles
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