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taxing

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verb

present participle of tax

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of taxing
Adjective
The problem is that just as reading was once considered too taxing, now watching a video longer than 34 seconds is hard. Joel Stein, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 Jan. 2025 Even the most fit astronaut, taking samples and squatting in an 80-pound suit is extremely taxing. Rachel Elspeth Gross, Forbes, 10 Jan. 2025 How ‘Wicked’ Changed the Lives of Its Stars: Only the women who’ve played Elphaba and Glinda in the show’s two decades onstage understand why the roles are so taxing — and so rewarding, too. Benjamin Malapris, New York Times, 9 Jan. 2025 After a taxing year, the Smith family desperately needs a vacation. Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 5 Dec. 2024 See All Example Sentences for taxing
Recent Examples of Synonyms for taxing
Adjective
  • The director William Friedkin’s film—which also won Best Picture—was part of a tidal wave of challenging, morally complex storytelling that washed ashore starting in the late ’60s.
    David Sims, The Atlantic, 27 Feb. 2025
  • This can be a challenging variable to track, given that there were insufficient details about the victim's mental health status in approximately 30% of incidents, Rad said.
    N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA TODAY, 27 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • As agriculture became less demanding, the sector required fewer workers, enabling erstwhile farmers to work in a spectrum of other trades, including the high-technology industries of each generation, such as textiles, telegraphs, and telecommunications.
    Matthew J. Slaughter, Foreign Affairs, 25 Feb. 2025
  • Find early investors in your circle of family and friends, since outside investors may be very demanding on equity and content and normally require at least a prototype to start.
    Martin Zwilling, Forbes, 22 Feb. 2025
Verb
  • New York police on Monday were trying to determine why someone set a woman ablaze board a train in Brooklyn in a fatal attack drawing outrage from city and state leaders who have been laboring to make the trains safer.
    John Bacon, USA TODAY, 24 Dec. 2024
  • Nobody inside the Minnesota Wild locker room was trying to insult anybody’s intelligence by claiming a 1-goal win Monday night over the worst team in the NHL completely cured their recent ills.
    Michael Russo, The Athletic, 24 Dec. 2024
Adjective
  • But their happy romance is soon demolished when Jenny reappears in their lives, thrusting all three into a difficult and messy journey towards true accountability and adulthood.
    Anthony D'Alessandro, Deadline, 7 Mar. 2025
  • These protein complexes are highly shape-shifting, making traditional imaging methods very difficult.
    Priyanka Naik, The Conversation, 7 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • He was forced to leave the game in the final minutes of the Pelicans’ Play-In Tournament loss to the Lakers last season after straining his left hamstring.
    William Guillory, The Athletic, 8 Jan. 2025
  • Le Pen's remarks often sparked public outrage, but his influence shaped France's populist movement, with his inflammatory statements, including Holocaust denial, resulting in multiple convictions and straining his political alliances.
    Kevin Lynn, Newsweek, 7 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • With the MacBook Air launching earlier than the iPhone SE and ahead of the next Apple Intelligence update, this points to a press release launch and Apple pushing its consumer laptops further into the background.
    Ewan Spence, Forbes, 24 Dec. 2024
  • That presents some planning opportunities, including possibly pushing some SALT payments into 2026.
    Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes, 24 Dec. 2024

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“Taxing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/taxing. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.

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