withheld

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Officials did not identify the Marine who went missing Thursday or disclose the circumstances surrounding his disappearance, saying that the name will be withheld until after the family is notified.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 28, 2026

Review your Social Security payment statements and determine whether the agency withheld benefits because you were earning income while collecting Social Security.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 24, 2026

The chairman is so convinced of this, that he broke a 14-year precedent and withheld his own rate projection from the quarterly Fed’s “dot plot.”

From Barron's • Jun. 18, 2026

On Tuesday, Hungary's parliament turned its attention to further changes to the law required before some of the billions of euros withheld by the European Commission can be unfrozen.

From BBC • Jun. 16, 2026

In the months that followed the Fukushima Daiichi meltdown, when other reactors around Japan went offline for maintenance, the government withheld approval for them to reactivate.

From "Meltdown" by Deirdre Langeland