garnishment

Example Sentences

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Pressley has introduced the Ending Administrative Wage Garnishment Act, which would “protect borrowers by ending garnishment as a tool writ large for student debt collection by the federal government, regardless of who’s in office.”

From Salon • Mar. 17, 2026

Garnishment is not necessary when authenticity is assumed.

From The Verge • Oct. 26, 2018

Garnishment was a more reliable way for the company to get its money, and any legal fees were the borrower’s problem.

From Salon • May 13, 2013