excise
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Thailand cut excise taxes on imported electric cars and the country’s prime minister recently swapped his Rolls-Royce for a BYD as part of a national push to save energy, according to local news reports.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 2026
There will also be higher rates of excise tax on certain goods.
From BBC ● Jul. 12, 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
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
When you start googling about the emoluments clause, the first thing that keeps coming up is “What ever happened to the emoluments clause,” as though it was excised from the Constitution.
From Slate ● Aug. 17, 2026
To confirm the source of the high frequency sound, researchers conducted excised larynx experiments.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 25, 2026
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
Since most letters were written on both sides of a single piece of paper, the material on the other side would also be excised.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
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
The treatment consists in excising the scar or in stretching or excising a portion of the nerve affected.
From Manual of Surgery Volume First: General Surgery. Sixth Edition. by Alexis Thomson
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