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taxing

[tak-sing] / ˈtæk sɪŋ /


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So it’s worth toasting the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, which recently held that a ban on home distilling isn’t justified under Congress’s taxing power.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 20, 2026

It would be much less intrusive than taxing income, much less complicated, and it would be fairer.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 18, 2026

“It’s very taxing and, of course, wages were just continually decreasing.”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 18, 2026

If New York wants to expand services for its residents while preserving growth and investment, it should stop chasing away its highest earners and start taxing land more heavily instead.

From Barron's • Apr. 17, 2026

It was an exhausting, emotionally taxing day, and the cases and clients had merged together in my mind on the long drive back to Atlanta.

From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson




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