- present tense form of withhold (3rd person singular).
withholds
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The horror was captured by several cameras, images from which Mr. Gibney withholds until the dizzying climax of the film.
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
He withholds his approval to keep the paler, smaller man anxious.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 5, 2026
She by and large withholds judgment from their conclusions.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 9, 2026
The rains come when they must come, and the earth yields or withholds her crop, as a system of causes determined from immeasurable aeons of time prescribes.
From Creed And Deed A Series of Discourses by Felix Adler
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