EXCISES Synonyms: 85 Similar and Opposite Words

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noun

plural of excise

as in tariffs

an amount of money that a government requires people to pay according to the value of certain possessions that are made, sold, or used within a country The state seems to impose an excise on any number of goods.

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verb

present tense third-person singular of excise

as in taxes

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Noun

Lazio’s deal with Polymarket, which is unlicensed by Italy’s customs, excises and monopolies agency, is compliant under the same criteria. — James Horncastle, New York Times, 28 July 2026 Yet his progressive tax proposals sat atop a federal revenue system that was still heavily dependent on excises. — Joseph Thorndike, Forbes.com, 27 July 2026

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After responding to their most visible attacks, the two candidates traded barbs over a slew of policy issues, including health care, prescription drug prices, tariffs and the ongoing war with Iran.

— Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 22 Oct. 2026
Notable China is planning to frame tariffs against some of its clean technology as a major obstacle for global climate action in the upcoming COP summit.

— Tim McDonnell, semafor.com, 22 Oct. 2026

Definition of tariffs

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That’s where the state taxes something like a utility but then allows the county and city to add taxes on top of the taxes.

— Peggy Gossett-Seidman, Sun Sentinel, 23 Sep. 2026
The current system — in which the federal government taxes a state’s residents and then gives some of that money back to fund programs that the states already administer — is convoluted and wasteful.

— Editorial Board, Washington Post, 14 Sep. 2026

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Now, chemical engineers at the University of Groningen have developed a durable ceramic electrolyzer that extracts hydrogen directly from water vapor.

— Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 23 Oct. 2026
Mildren’s latest product, the Micro Honey Harvester, is a compact, rechargeable device that extracts honey from spinning honeycomb cassettes.

— Derek Rose, Time, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of extracts

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Florida law imposes limits on direct contributions to state candidates but generally allows political committees to accept unlimited contributions, subject to applicable reporting and other legal requirements.

— Luisa Yanez, Miami Herald, 24 Oct. 2026
Israel regularly imposes restrictions on movement across the Palestinian occupied territory with some 925 checkpoints, roadblocks, earth mounds and other barriers.

— Ruth Sherlock, NPR, 24 Oct. 2026

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Therefore, the researchers' anode not only removes a toxic contaminant but also reduces the energy needed to produce hydrogen at the cathode, increasing the system's overall hydrogen-production efficiency.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 24 Oct. 2026
Endurance testing Heating the material triggers a chemical reaction that removes loose chlorine ions and forms strong bonds between indium, oxygen, and phosphorus.

— Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 23 Oct. 2026

Definition of removes

Verb

Popular airline withdraws from three locations, leaving travelers with fewer routes.

— , FOXNews.com, 15 Oct. 2026
Investopedia made a state-by-state set of estimates for a single retiree who collects the average Social Security benefit of $1,975 a month and withdraws 4% of savings a year.

— Jim Edwards, Fortune, 9 Oct. 2026

Definition of withdraws

Verb

The comments from Beijing came days after France started applying its anti-ultra-fast fashion law, which penalizes each item between 25 cents and 12 euros (over $13).

— Roy Stephen Canivel, Footwear News, 8 Sep. 2026
Many automakers have been pushing for a revised USMCA that better rewards domestic manufacturing and penalizes competitors reliant on foreign imports.

— Jamie L. LaReau, Freep.com, 28 Aug. 2026

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