taxed

verb

past tense of tax
as in stretched
to subject (a personal quality or faculty) to often excessive stress your constant arguing is starting to tax my patience

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Recent Examples of taxed Before the ban, at least seven-eighths of all spirits made in the country were not being taxed, according to the government. — Maureen Groppe, USA Today, 30 Aug. 2026 This setup also means they aren’t taxed like gambling, which generated nearly $18 billion in revenue for states last year. — Marshall Cohen, CNN Money, 30 Aug. 2026 The family did not know where to put the money, or how it should be taxed. — Laura Preston, New Yorker, 30 Aug. 2026 Quarreling over who should be taxed is one of California’s perpetual political games. — Dan Walters, Mercury News, 27 Aug. 2026 Bizarrely, sweepstakes machines, unlike their VGT and casino slot cousins, are neither regulated nor taxed. — Joe Ferguson, Chicago Tribune, 25 Aug. 2026 If voters approve in November, this measure could hike the state’s homestead exemption over the period of a few years, to the point where residential properties are only taxed for schools. — Orlando Sentinel Editorial Board, The Orlando Sentinel, 23 Aug. 2026 The bullpen was taxed, so manager Matt Quatraro wanted to avoid using John Schreiber, Steven Cruz or Nate Pearson, among others. — Kansas City Star, 23 Aug. 2026 The proceeds are typically not taxed and usually do not affect your Social Security or Medicare. — Gary Singer, Sun Sentinel, 20 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for taxed
  1. stretched
  2. strained
  3. tried
  4. tested
  5. pushed
Verb
  • Eiffela Broken Dream splits the Eiffel Tower into two sections, with a cable stretched between them for a tightrope crossing.
    — Jim Dobson, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2026
  • Blair's 52-yard touchdown run on the first play from scrimmage in the second half stretched the Jackrabbits' lead to 49-0.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 29 Aug. 2026
Definition of stretched
Verb
  • Instead, data centers may have to wait years for full service or accept provisional connections under which their electricity can be interrupted when the grid is strained.
    — Mia Osmonbekov, Fortune, 3 Sep. 2026
  • And the United States has already used up many critical munitions and strained its troops in the region by keeping the war going.
    — JAMES F. JEFFREY, Foreign Affairs, 3 Sep. 2026
Definition of strained
Verb
  • Paul Robinson appeared in court along with former Penn State students, where preliminary hearings took place ahead of a Centre County judge ruling that Robinson and five former students would have their cases tried in county court.
    — Finch Walker, USA Today, 3 Sep. 2026
  • The patients had all previously tried other therapies with little to no success and had mutations in RAS proteins, which can drive tumor growth.
    — Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 3 Sep. 2026
Definition of tried
Verb
  • Though Rosado tested positive for a small amount of meth and had been going up to 90 mph, the evidence indicated that Rosado had fallen asleep and that his car drifted off the freeway before hitting a guardrail, Cherney said.
    — Amanda Lee Myers, USA Today, 4 Sep. 2026
  • Hobaiter and Dominy support this idea with half a dozen claims that could, in principle, be tested, lending some scientific credence to the idea that complex human speech was selected for in the warm glow of a crackling campfire.
    — Mike McRae September 02, New Atlas, 3 Sep. 2026
Definition of tested
Verb
  • Paralyzed from the waist down after her suicide attempt, Clancy uses a wheelchair, which Reddington pushed to the front of the courtroom.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 4 Sep. 2026
  • As data centers expand across North Carolina, Attorney General Jeff Jackson has pushed Duke Energy to create a class for the facilities so households aren’t left paying for power plants and grid upgrades needed to serve them.
    — Nora O'Neill, Charlotte Observer, 4 Sep. 2026
Definition of pushed

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“Taxed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/taxed. Accessed 5 Sep. 2026.

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