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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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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

State‑run retailers have yet to raise pump prices, with the government instead cutting excise duties on fuel.

From Barron's ● Apr. 26, 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

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

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

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

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

Nephrol′ogy, scientific knowledge of the kidneys; Nephrot′omy, the operation of excising the kidneys.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R) by Various




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