- present tense form of withhold (3rd person singular).
withholds
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Amazon repeated a statement it made in response to the initial report, saying any suggestion that it intentionally withholds country-of-origin information is incorrect.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026
If you start claiming in the months before your birth month for full retirement age, then Social Security withholds $1 for every $3 you earn over $65,160, a somewhat less restrictive policy.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 15, 2026
DeepSeek withholds latest AI model from U.S. chip makers including Nvidia, sources say.
From MarketWatch ● Feb. 26, 2026
“Today, the court holds that one exception — the postal exception — prevents individuals from recovering for injuries based on a postal employee’s intentional misconduct, including when an employee maliciously withholds their mail,” Sotomayor wrote.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 24, 2026
The Limitationist withholds assertion from lack of satisfying evidence.
From Bygones Worth Remembering, Vol. 2 (of 2) by George Jacob Holyoake
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