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levy

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verb

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as in to draft
to pick especially for required military service unprepared for war, the government was forced to levy young citizens on a scale that was unprecedented in its history

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Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of levy
Noun
After the presentation, Trump offered more dovish comments on levies. Andrew Ross Sorkin, New York Times, 24 Jan. 2025 While just over half of residents and businesses agreed with a 5% charge, the majority of visitors (62%) were against a levy or thought the fee should be lower, according to a local authority notice. Amarachi Orie, CNN, 24 Jan. 2025
Verb
After his second inauguration on Monday, Trump said the U.S. could levy tariffs on Mexico and Canada as soon as February. Evelyn Cheng, CNBC, 21 Jan. 2025 Without increasing domestic steel production, levying 25% tariffs on Mexico and Canada, as well as 10% to 20% unilateral tariffs on all other countries, any business that depends on steel inputs in the U.S. will be handicapped. Vincent Trometter, Chicago Tribune, 21 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for levy 
Recent Examples of Synonyms for levy
Noun
  • State Senate Republicans called Tuesday for tax cuts of $1,000 for middle-class families that would be paid partly by a two-year wage freeze on unionized state employees.
    Christopher Keating, Hartford Courant, 4 Feb. 2025
  • White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said Monday the agency has long wasted tax dollars.
    Jackson Walker, Baltimore Sun, 4 Feb. 2025
Verb
  • The Rangers drafted Miller with the No. 15 pick in the 2011 NHL Draft.
    The Athletic NHL Staff, The Athletic, 1 Feb. 2025
  • The summaries below were drafted with the help of AI tools and edited by journalists in our News division.
    Stories by Real-Time news team, with AI summarization, Miami Herald, 31 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • The United States has imposed tough restrictions that are designed to prevent Chinese firms from buying or building their own cutting-edge computer chips required to train AI models.
    Matt Egan, CNN, 28 Jan. 2025
  • This would subject them to new restrictions that the regulator can impose under the DMCC to prevent anti-competitive behavior.
    Ryan Browne, CNBC, 28 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • Some three hundred and fifty thousand men were recruited under McNamara’s initiative, and they were killed at disproportionate rates.
    Dexter Filkins, The New Yorker, 3 Feb. 2025
  • Highly Trained Specialists: Offshore staff recruited and managed by Office Beacon are not generalists.
    William Mullane, USA TODAY, 1 Feb. 2025
Verb
  • The Laken Riley Act, passed last week, will require ICE to hold all immigrants accused of or charged with theft and burglary offenses or for assaulting law enforcement.
    Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Newsweek, 5 Feb. 2025
  • Bonta charged another agent for allegedly hiking the price on a Glendale property by more than 50%.
    Rebecca Ellis, Los Angeles Times, 5 Feb. 2025

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“Levy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/levy. Accessed 9 Feb. 2025.

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