impost

Example Sentences

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About 42% of Americans say the economy and cost of living is the most impost important issue facing the country today, a CNN poll External link this month found.

From Barron's • Jan. 20, 2026

He tells clients in a note that a sale for A$500 million plus appropriate brand value, with only a modest capital gains tax impost, would be positively received by investors.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 9, 2026

Congress quickly passed the 5 percent impost on imports that reformers had vainly sought from the Confederation.

From Textbooks • Jan. 18, 2018

In the 1968 Washington Park Handicap in Chicago, carrying an impost of 134 pounds, Dr. Fager won by 10 lengths and set the mile record of 1 minute 32 1/5 seconds.

From New York Times • Aug. 13, 2015

So Howard parked his horses between the two tracks and began playing one against the other, hoping to pressure Santa Anita out of giving Seabiscuit an excessive impost.

From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand