Example Sentences
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These are temporary periods in late summer when a state waives or reduces taxes on items such as school supplies, clothes or electronics to help families cut their back-to-school costs.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 23, 2026
Because taxes are paid by importing companies, those businesses often pass the extra costs on to shoppers through higher prices.
From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2026
Hilton then framed himself as a “pragmatic, problem-solving change-maker” focused on affordability, promising to lower gas prices, electricity costs and taxes and the cost of homes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 22, 2026
Nonetheless, the company maintained its guidance for earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, amortization after leases and free cash flow, they note.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026
Dinwiddie was 60 years old and had spent most of his career collecting taxes, not shouldering a musket.
From "George Washington, Spymaster" by Thomas B. Allen
