withholds

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For most taxpayers, their employer withholds taxes in every paycheck, with the majority due a tax refund for having overpaid.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 25, 2026

Someone who withholds too little will have to pay the remainder of their tax bill — possibly also penalties and interest if they withheld far too little.

From MarketWatch • Nov. 21, 2025

"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

The late director Sydney Pollack, a frequent Redford collaborator, explained his allure this way: “Bob is a minimalist; he withholds, he never seduces his audience but makes them come to him.”

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 16, 2025

The British museum acquires the new novels as published; but it withholds them from the readers until five years after their date of publication.

From The Library and Society Reprints of Papers and Addresses by Bostwick, Arthur Elmore