garnishment

Example Sentences

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But when child support is set through a court order or a child-support agency, there are legal avenues to address missed payments, including wage garnishment.

From MarketWatch • May 16, 2026

But the Education Department has delayed its garnishment plans.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 12, 2026

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

Borrowers’ ability to leave garnishment quickly suggests that they do have money available to pay monthly; they just didn’t know how to organize lower monthly payments, such as those available through income-driven plans.

From Barron's • Feb. 10, 2026

Among these is a garnishment of green moss patches and fronds of perennial ferns which tell of life that the stress of winter could not overcome.

From In New England Fields and Woods by Robinson, Rowland E. (Evans)