withheld

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One driver of the shift was Anthropic’s limited April release of Claude Mythos — with that model withheld from the general public because of its ability to autonomously find and exploit software vulnerabilities.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 2, 2026

But the release specifies that some other information has been withheld - such as the identities of junior civil servants, or data judged by the government to be "commercially sensitive".

From BBC • Jun. 1, 2026

A cooperating witness — whose name was withheld in court filings — testified that members from multiple cliques gathered in a parking area before walking up a dirt path in the dark.

From Los Angeles Times • May 28, 2026

That they withheld this information was, for them, typical.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 26, 2026

Water is the word of the ancestors given to us or withheld, depending on how well we treat them.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver