garnish
Example Sentences
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The Education Department announced that it would start garnishing the wages of borrowers in default on their loans early next year.
From MarketWatch
Department of Education will begin garnishing wages from approximately 1,000 defaulted student loan borrowers early next year.
From Barron's
The Education Department said Tuesday that it will resume garnishing the wages of student loan borrowers who are in default starting early next year.
Meanwhile, I’m still stuck on the use of “flower sprinkles” as a garnish for scrambled eggs.
From Los Angeles Times
Later, the U.S. government garnished money from the wages Henry-Halabi earned working as a public librarian to repay her loans.
From MarketWatch
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