taxing

Example Sentences

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So it’s worth toasting the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, which recently held that a ban on home distilling isn’t justified under Congress’s taxing power.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 20, 2026

It would be much less intrusive than taxing income, much less complicated, and it would be fairer.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 18, 2026

If New York wants to expand services for its residents while preserving growth and investment, it should stop chasing away its highest earners and start taxing land more heavily instead.

From Barron's • Apr. 17, 2026

Even unsuccessful prosecutions can be costly and emotionally taxing for defendants, said Jared Fishman, a former career prosecutor in the Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division.

From Salon • Apr. 15, 2026

The work was monotonous but not taxing; the changing products helped with the tedium.

From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead