withhold
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“Central Romana Corporation is very disappointed by the decision by U.S. Customs and Border Protection to issue a Withhold Release Order regarding our company’s products,” Central Romana wrote in a statement to The Washington Post.
From Washington Post • Nov. 23, 2022
The Withhold Release Order that CBP issued in July 2020 was based on reasonable but not conclusive information that multiple forced labor indicators exist in Top Glove’s production process, it said.
From Seattle Times • Mar. 30, 2021
Withhold “hate-clicking” on stories you know are designed to make you angry.
From The Guardian • Dec. 17, 2016
Withhold moisture entirely from the roots of deciduous Orchids, and such as are sinking into a state of repose.
From In-Door Gardening for Every Week in the Year Showing the Most Successful Treatment for all Plants Cultivated in the Greenhouse, Conservatory, Stove, Pit, Orchid, and Forcing-house by Keane, William
Withhold, with-hōld′, v.t. to hold back: to keep back.—v.i. to stay back:—pa.t. and pa.p.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various
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