tax
noun
a sum of money demanded by a government for its support or for specific facilities or services, levied upon incomes, property, sales, etc.
is taxing
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present progressiveof tax (3rd person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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The third is taxing the rich, citing state authorization of a new pied-à-terre tax on second homes, generating $500 million.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 27, 2026
But, “It’s clear that we need to reimagine peer review in some ways,” she adds, in part because the steady growth of published research papers is taxing the researchers who volunteer to conduct the reviews.
From Science Magazine ● Apr. 1, 2024
No. 5 Washington State Tipoff: 6 p.m. on Pac-12 Networks Comment: The wear of playing in the opening round begins to show in the semifinals, especially if the quarterfinal game is taxing.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 6, 2023
Yet even this pace of increase is taxing countries’ ability to cope.
From New York Times ● Jul. 28, 2022
The tenderness with which King Constantine is still treated, even after the riot in Athens in which our bluejackets have been badly mishandled, is taxing the patience of moderate men.
From Mr. Punch's History of the Great War by Charles L. (Charles Larcom) Graves
