garnishing

Example Sentences

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The thought of garnishing wages from seniors on fixed incomes particularly rattles Pressley.

From Salon • Mar. 17, 2026

Rent eats up more than half of Imeh’s take-home pay, which was slimmed after a credit-card company started garnishing part of her wages to pay off her card debts, she said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 8, 2026

The Education Department announced that it would start garnishing the wages of borrowers in default on their loans early next year.

From MarketWatch • Dec. 30, 2025

Department of Education will begin garnishing wages from approximately 1,000 defaulted student loan borrowers early next year.

From Barron's • Dec. 23, 2025

This need not preclude attractive garnishing, but such complicated constructions as are sometimes seen, which embarrass one to find how to break them, should be avoided.

From The Century Cook Book by Ronald, Mary