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excise

[ek-sahyz, -sahys, ek-sahyz, ik-sahyz] / ˈɛk saɪz, -saɪs, ˈɛk saɪz, ɪkˈsaɪz /
NOUN
tax on goods
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Bob McGrew, then vice president of research, wrote in a June 2022 Slack channel, “now is the right time to excise Libgen from our systems and storage,” given how much OpenAI was in the news.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 19, 2026

He also announced a 12-month holiday on vehicle excise duty for HGVs, which the government said would help with the higher supply chain costs affecting the haulage industry which can impact on consumer prices.

From BBC ● May 20, 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

Now he could no more excise it from his brain cells than he could sever his past from his future.

From "Typical American" by Gish Jen

When you start googling about the emoluments clause, the first thing that keeps coming up is “What ever happened to the emoluments clause,” as though it was excised from the Constitution.

From Slate ● Aug. 17, 2026

This is a film McElwee feels compelled to make, as if it were something living inside of him that had to be excised by any means necessary.

From Salon ● Jul. 24, 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

She had meticulously excised each car, leaving only its shadow.

From "Little Fires Everywhere" by Celeste Ng

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

Sure, excising the “ic” makes the party name sound awkward, but the noun “democrat” should hardly be a term of opprobrium in the United States.

From Slate ● Jan. 21, 2023

M. Chauvin, by the aid of a complicated instrument with barbed points, drew out the mucous fold as far as possible before excising.

From History of Circumcision from the Earliest Times to the Present Moral and Physical Reasons for its Performance by Peter Charles Remondino




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