garnish

Example Sentences

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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.

From The Wall Street Journal

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

But the student loans caught up with her, and the government garnished her wages to repay them.

From MarketWatch