taxpayer

Example Sentences

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The decisions on where to deploy taxpayer money are made independently by bodies staffed with people with venture-capital experience, but the U.K.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026

"Our police department spent a lot of time training and we paid thousands of taxpayer dollars to send him to the police academy," the mayor said, according to Fox8.

From BBC • Jun. 6, 2026

But investing in coal in 2026 is akin to “a taxpayer bailout to build new phone booths,” said Kit Kennedy, managing director for power at the nonprofit Natural Resources Defense Council.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 4, 2026

But you could argue most of the money was effectively stolen from the uncle rather than the taxpayer.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 4, 2026

For the most part, entrenched custom dies hard and blanket spraying continues to thrive, to exact its heavy annual costs from the taxpayer, and to inflict its damage on the ecological web of life.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson