Example Sentences

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On Aug. 11, Trump wrote on Truth Social that gold wouldn’t be tariffed.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 20, 2026

As American importers scrambled to switch suppliers last year, Asian producers such as Thailand and Vietnam benefitted at the expense of more highly tariffed China.

From BBC • Feb. 20, 2026

The automaker said Tuesday it expects to spend an additional $1 billion this year to import heavily tariffed aluminum while Novelis works to get the plant back on track.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 11, 2026

Many companies had bought up materials before the onset of tariffs, and they’ve only just recent begun buying the higher-cost, tariffed goods.

From Barron's • Oct. 16, 2025

In England our earliest gold coin weighed 128 4⁄7 grains, and was tariffed at 6s. 8d.

From The History of Currency, 1252 to 1896 by Shaw, William Arthur