withhold
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Southern postmasters thus continued to withhold antislavery periodicals, with the tacit approval of Jackson protégé Kendall.
From Slate ● Sep. 4, 2026
"We also have to be willing to slow down or withhold further scaling when our confidence in safety is not sufficient," he added.
From Barron's ● Sep. 3, 2026
Trade unions threaten to withhold support for politicians, joining the popular backlash against the construction.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026
Benjamin Harrop was seeking internal emails, messages and other communications about whether the government had a legal right to withhold the material.
From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026
I told them that they had no right to withhold permission, and the fact that they did only confirmed my suspicions.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
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Each employer’s payroll system withholds taxes based only on the wages it pays you and does not account for your other income.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 13, 2026
What Mr. Ahamed withholds are the strong, respectable arguments to embrace, not to shun, the boogeyman that Federal Reserve economists style “deflation” but that a layman might rather recognize as human progress.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 29, 2026
DeepSeek withholds latest AI model from U.S. chip makers including Nvidia, sources say.
From MarketWatch ● Feb. 26, 2026
"I thought about resigning. But I need this money," said 48-year-old bus driver David, who withholds his surname for fear of reprisal.
From Barron's ● Oct. 24, 2025
She saves her companions from the Circean enchantments, and she withholds them from the embraces of the Sirens.
From Views and Reviews by Henry James
In June, the oversight body filed the lawsuit against the Sheriff’s Department asking for a judge to order the release of the withheld records.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 7, 2026
But even that outdoor time was sometimes withheld when her classmates “behaved poorly”—a common disciplinary tactic that the national guidance recommends against.
From Slate ● Sep. 5, 2026
Social Security adjusts your benefit at FRA to account for those months during which your benefits were withheld because of excess earnings.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 31, 2026
But the justices withheld final judgment on the merits of the case pending further litigation.
From Barron's ● Aug. 24, 2026
I decide not even to complain about having my first paycheck withheld or the ways we’re shortchanged every day.
From "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America" by Barbara Ehrenreich
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From a modest family, he dreamt of becoming a computer engineer to "change his life", he told AFP, withholding his surname because "the fear is still there".
From Barron's ● Sep. 1, 2026
Hamilton ruled that it had only "partially complied" with FOI legislation by "failing to provide a complete response" to the request and "incorrectly withholding" some details.
From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2026
He registered for Connecticut tax withholding for his nurses, according to court records.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 8, 2026
That could mean struggling for the last of a certain flavor of sports drink or withholding access to a doctor.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 3, 2026
It was the economist Milton Friedman who helped come up with a solution to this one: automatic tax withholding from employees’ paychecks.
From "Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything" by Steven D. Levitt
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