- present participle of tax.
taxing
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"The whole point of being rich is you can live wherever you want," said Pearl, a chair of Patriotic Millionaires, a group of wealthy Americans who advocate for taxing the rich.
From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026
First, AI data centers’ power demands can be incredibly taxing on power systems.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 2026
Fundamentally, what makes a legislature powerful is its control over taxing and spending, the power of the purse.
From Slate ● Aug. 4, 2026
Perhaps the answer could be some combination of taxing gains at death and taxing inheritances under the federal income tax, as recently advocated by my colleague Ray Madoff.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 30, 2026
This time I knew exactly what was out there—a lot of long, taxing miles, steep rocky mountains, hard shelter floors, hot days without showers, unsatisfying meals cooked on a temperamental stove.
From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson
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