taxpayer

Example Sentences

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Her team also navigated the city’s complex matching funds program, which quickly secured $1.25 million in taxpayer money to power her campaign.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2026

"Our police department spent a lot of time training and we paid thousands of taxpayer dollars to send him to the police academy," the mayor said, according to Fox8.

From BBC • Jun. 6, 2026

Purchasing-card use by government employees, including waste and alleged fraud, is stoking taxpayer backlash in cities and towns across the U.S.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026

But you could argue most of the money was effectively stolen from the uncle rather than the taxpayer.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 4, 2026

If you asked an average taxpayer how he feels about a 6 percent utility increase, he’d probably be amenable.

From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos