excise
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There will also be higher rates of excise tax on certain goods.
From BBC ● Jul. 12, 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
State‑run retailers have yet to raise pump prices, with the government instead cutting excise duties on fuel.
From Barron's ● Apr. 26, 2026
Gasoline prices rose further in April, which economists expect will spur inflation even higher this month, before the government’s temporary suspension of a federal fuel excise tax kicks in this week.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 20, 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
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
These excised lines from the Farewell Address serve not only as a warning but as a prescient prophecy of the political turmoil and factionalism that would later shape the nation’s history.
From Slate ● Feb. 17, 2025
Enrollees who didn’t meet the requirement for three months were summarily excised from Medicaid and couldn’t reenroll until the following year.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 20, 2024
If gemmules existed, then a mouse with a surgically excised tail should produce a mouse without a tail.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
This statue yassifies Trump, sucking out his buccal fat, virilizing his features, carefully excising all of the dainty feyness that, whether he likes it or not, is crucial to capturing the unique Trump disposition.
From Slate ● Jun. 2, 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 whole of the parotid gland with the tumour, no attempt being made to conserve the facial nerve or other structures traversing it.
From Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. by Miles, Alexander
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