How to Use tariff in a Sentence

tariff

1 of 2 noun
  • Trump has beefed with some over tariffs.
    — ABC News, 15 June 2026
  • But yeah, tariffs are not a nice thing.
    — Lisa Lockwood, Footwear News, 27 Oct. 2025
  • Yep, that means tariffs, and to the tune of 25%.
    — Byron Hurd, The Drive, 9 Apr. 2026
  • Totsch is not alone in his tariff concerns.
    — Sheryl Estrada, Fortune, 20 Feb. 2026
  • Some say tariffs have driven up costs.
    — Andrea Nakano, CBS News, 12 June 2026
  • The tariffs helped put a dent in the pace of the budget deficit.
    — Jeff Cox, CNBC, 11 Feb. 2026
  • Trump, for his part, hasn’t given up on the tariffs.
    — ABC News, 19 Mar. 2026
  • His tariffs have raised costs across many products.
    — The Editorial Board, Oc Register, 14 May 2026
  • Again, the probe could result in new tariffs.
    — Paul Wiseman, Chicago Tribune, 28 Apr. 2026
  • How much have tariffs raised prices already?
    — Daniel De Visé, USA Today, 10 Feb. 2026
  • Ford pegged its net tariff cost at $1 billion.
    — Mike Colias, USA Today, 30 Apr. 2026
  • The tariff regime has caused anger in India.
    — Richard Hall, Time, 31 Aug. 2025
  • Some of those tariffs have been struck down by the Supreme Court.
    — Arkansas Online, 14 Mar. 2026
  • Trump invoked the act to impose two sets of tariffs.
    — Dave Goldiner, New York Daily News, 20 Feb. 2026
  • Over the past year, a few of her suppliers raised prices due to tariffs.
    — Samantha Delouya, CNN Money, 5 Mar. 2026
  • But, the tariff war is unlikely to be over.
    — London Business School, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2025
  • Some limit how high tariffs can be, or how long they can be imposed.
    — Danielle Kurtzleben, NPR, 9 Sep. 2025
  • Meanwhile, tariffs have hiked costs.
    — Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN Money, 19 Mar. 2026
  • People were waiting for the tariffs back and forth.
    — Megan Poinski, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
  • These tariffs are as high as 50 percent.
    — Glenn Taylor, Footwear News, 27 May 2026
  • Many of the tariffs went into effect last month.
    — Danielle Kurtzleben, NPR, 9 Sep. 2025
  • Yet the trade deficit increased and tariffs raised prices for consumers.
    — WSJ, 30 June 2023
  • There have been hopes ever since that movie tariffs would be on the back burner.
    — Dominic Patten, Deadline, 29 Sep. 2025
  • The stock market soared post-election, but then tanked on tariffs.
    — Morgan Chittum, CNBC, 30 Sep. 2025
  • Some two dozen states already challenged the new tariffs.
    — ABC News, 2 Apr. 2026
  • They were fed up with the tariff bullying.
    — Allison Morrow, CNN Money, 22 Jan. 2026
  • And taxes and tariffs are in the headlines.
    — Susan Tompor, Freep.com, 26 Mar. 2026
  • Trump also kept the baseline tariffs in place.
    — Paul Wiseman, Fortune, 30 Aug. 2025
  • What car brands are least impacted by tariffs?
    — Charles Singh, USA Today, 20 Feb. 2026
  • Trump hiked aluminum tariffs to 50% last year.
    — Laya Neelakandan, CNBC, 20 Feb. 2026

tariff

2 of 2 verb
  • Those made with less than 15% by weight won’t be tariffed.
    — Eleanor Mueller, semafor.com, 2 Apr. 2026
  • That’s still higher than the 10% rate goods have been tariffed at since April, though.
    — Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN Money, 1 Aug. 2025
  • Buses will also be tariffed at 10% as part of the action.
    — Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 18 Oct. 2025
  • Buses will also be tariffed at 10% as part of the action.
    — Josh Boak, Twin Cities, 17 Oct. 2025
  • If the ruling is upheld, just 16% of imports would be tariffed.
    — Dan Mangan, CNBC, 2 Sep. 2025
  • Could tariff checks boost inflation?
    — Megan Cerullo, CBS News, 10 Nov. 2025
  • How will tariff refunds impact consumers?
    — Isa Almeida, Oklahoman, 1 May 2026
  • How will tariff refunds impact consumers?
    — Rachel Barber, USA Today, 30 Apr. 2026
  • And any country that buys cheap Russian oil to prop up Putin that doesn’t help Ukraine can be tariffed.
    — NBC news, 17 May 2026
  • Firms have had to pay more for raw materials like steel and aluminum, which are being tariffed at 50%.
    — Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN Money, 13 Feb. 2026
  • Before the deal, the EU tariffed them at rates of between 4% to 26%.
    — Priyanka Salve, CNBC, 27 Jan. 2026
  • On the plus side, the White House refrained from tariffing laptops, smartphones, and chips.
    — Michael Kan, PC Magazine, 27 May 2026
  • Would tariff dividend checks help the economy?
    — Evan Moore november 10, Charlotte Observer, 10 Nov. 2025
  • Much of next year’s supply has already been imported and tariffed and the full impact of those duties may not have fully spilled downhill.
    — Matt Sedensky, Fortune, 23 Nov. 2025
  • Initial volatility gave way to a recognition that tariffs rarely land as broadly as advertised.
    — Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 26 Sep. 2025
  • Related Stories Will they be tariffed?
    — Gene Maddaus, Variety, 29 Sep. 2025
  • There's no national emergency, and so the power to tariff a country rests with Congress.
    — Anna Commander, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Aug. 2025
  • Sports gear is both largely imported from China and heavily tariffed.
    — Justin Worland, Time, 17 Oct. 2025
  • Products fully made of steel, aluminum and copper will continued to be tariffed at 50% for most countries.
    — ABC News, 2 Apr. 2026
  • China tariffs only went into effect on Friday and metals tariffs have been assessed for about one month.
    — Bob Davis, WSJ, 6 July 2018
  • Those who have agreed only to relocate manufacturing will be tariffed at 20%.
    — Eleanor Mueller, semafor.com, 2 Apr. 2026
  • But the chances of businesses absorbing a tariff as high as 50% will likely be slimmer compared to goods tariffed at lower rates.
    — Cnn.com Wire Service, Mercury News, 19 Aug. 2025
  • Brazilian beef is now tariffed at 40% because of the IEEPA tariffs.
    — Lori Ann Larocco, CNBC, 21 Nov. 2025
  • And his signature policy move was to tariff nearly everything Americans buy from abroad.
    — Jeremiah Johnson, Washington Post, 13 Jan. 2026
  • How will tariff uncertainty shape your China strategy?
    — Joe Ngai, Fortune, 11 Jan. 2026
  • To some, the market’s calm also reflects the outlook that tariffs won’t substantially threaten corporate profits.
    — Ben Eisen, WSJ, 15 July 2018
  • Most exports to the United States face a 35% flat tariff rate, while energy and potash imports are tariffed at 10%.
    — Christian Datoc, The Washington Examiner, 7 Oct. 2025
  • Section 301 allows the United States to tariff imports from nations found to have engaged in unfair trade practices.
    — Dan Mangan, CNBC, 13 Mar. 2026
  • Trump’s election spurred one of the biggest import surges on record at the start of the year, as US businesses rushed to bring goods into the country before the new president could tariff them.
    — Bloomberg, Mercury News, 31 Dec. 2025
  • While unprocessed steel, aluminum and copper will still be tariffed at 50%, products made with those metals will be tariffed between 10% and 25%.
    — Eleanor Mueller, semafor.com, 2 Apr. 2026

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