excise
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McClarkin, at the BBPA, has been analysing excise duty on beer.
From BBC ● Jun. 10, 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
The catalyst for the change was the Whiskey Rebellion, a popular insurgency in four counties of western Pennsylvania protesting an excise tax on whiskey.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
As for why some material was excised, the reasons vary.
From Salon ● Feb. 22, 2026
Ms. McCracken has now collected the 280 excised notes and compiled them into a sometimes useful, always charming book roughly equal in length to the original novel.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 9, 2026
Calling her posts “abhorrent and unacceptable,” Lucasfilm excised her character from “The Mandalorian” and canceled an upcoming spinoff in which she was to star.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 8, 2025
Washington’s analysis in this excised section pivots to a cautious optimism about large republics—at a time when the United States territory extended only to the Mississippi River.
From Slate ● Feb. 17, 2025
Like most Americans, when I was in school, I never read about the murders in any books; it was as if these crimes had been excised from history.
From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann
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
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
Outstanding ears may be treated by excising a triangular or elliptical portion of skin and cartilage from the posterior surface of the pinna and uniting the cut edges with sutures.
From Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. by Alexander Miles
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