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
“Let us,” Lincoln declared, “make it as unfashionable to withhold our names from the temperance pledge as for husbands to wear their wives’ bonnets to church.”
From "1919 The Year That Changed America" by Martin W. Sandler
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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
To satisfy the taxes, the company withholds a certain number of shares from the employee.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 23, 2026
In addition, the Social Security Administration withholds a portion of benefits for individuals whose income is higher than certain thresholds before their full retirement age.
From MarketWatch ● Feb. 5, 2026
He withholds his approval to keep the paler, smaller man anxious.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 5, 2026
Resistance to temptation is made by the act of the will which commands the other powers not to yield and withholds its own consent to the sin suggested.
From Moral Theology A Complete Course Based on St. Thomas Aquinas and the Best Modern Authorities by Charles Jerome Callan
Competition would force existing universities to adapt faster and more comprehensively than any direct donation or withheld government funding could.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026
The body was found in Olifantsfontein on 14 September, but police have withheld her name as her family has not yet been informed.
From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2026
She alleged that details about the HOA’s finances were withheld from her until she was presented with the final paperwork.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 22, 2026
When asked about the names of officials who had withheld information from the public, Mamdani said, "this goes across a multitude of those that New Yorkers have trusted."
From Barron's ● Sep. 8, 2026
He had almost as much as declared his conviction of her criminality last night: what mysterious cause withheld him from accusing her?
From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë
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He partly regretted his early effort to make income-tax withholding more efficient, seeing it as a stimulant to the growth of government.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026
Emma McCune, 29, from Breton Park in Lisburn also pleaded guilty to the same charge of withholding information.
From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2026
Eiglarsh added that Brown will be given a withholding of adjudication, meaning he will not be considered a convicted felon.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 23, 2026
She has 30 days from the notice date before the agency will start withholding 50% of her monthly benefit to recover the debt.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 22, 2026
There were, to be sure, some who, while admitting she was pleasing enough, were withholding judgment as to her quality as a queen.
From "The Princess Bride" by William Goldman
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