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withhold

[with-hohld, with-] / wɪθˈhoʊld, wɪð- /


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Southern postmasters thus continued to withhold antislavery periodicals, with the tacit approval of Jackson protégé Kendall.

From Slate Sep. 4, 2026

"We also have to be willing to slow down or withhold further scaling when our confidence in safety is not sufficient," he added.

From Barron's Sep. 3, 2026

But lawyers for the families of the victims said the Government's attempt to withhold the information, through a Public Interest Immunity application, was in "contradiction" to statements made after the attack.

From BBC Sep. 3, 2026

Pace Gallery founder Arne Glimcher threatened to withhold future art donations from the museum unless the exhibition was canceled.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 2, 2026

It was useless to withhold information; besides, for once, I didn’t care.

From "Jacob Have I Loved" by Katherine Paterson

To satisfy the taxes, Nvidia withholds a certain number of shares from the employee.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 4, 2026

DeepSeek withholds latest AI model from U.S. chip makers including Nvidia, sources say.

From MarketWatch Feb. 26, 2026

“Today, the court holds that one exception — the postal exception — prevents individuals from recovering for injuries based on a postal employee’s intentional misconduct, including when an employee maliciously withholds their mail,” Sotomayor wrote.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 24, 2026

For most taxpayers, their employer withholds taxes in every paycheck, with the majority due a tax refund for having overpaid.

From The Wall Street Journal Jan. 25, 2026

To see, Vittia Visani, who withholds Amaury— Who came last night at dusk, as well you know.

From Yolanda of Cyprus by Cale Young Rice

Key information was withheld from inspectors, but the regulator was criticised for not showing enough curiosity to look beyond what they were being told.

From BBC Sep. 15, 2026

When asked about the names of officials who had withheld information from the public, Mamdani said, "this goes across a multitude of those that New Yorkers have trusted."

From Barron's Sep. 8, 2026

In June, the oversight body filed the lawsuit against the Sheriff’s Department asking for a judge to order the release of the withheld records.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 7, 2026

But even that outdoor time was sometimes withheld when her classmates “behaved poorly”—a common disciplinary tactic that the national guidance recommends against.

From Slate Sep. 5, 2026

If the entire school does poorly, federal funding can be withheld; if the school is put on probation, the teacher stands to be fired.

From "Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything" by Steven D. Levitt

As the chaos unfolds, Greengrass doesn’t pontificate on the morality of these events and, in fact, maintains a rather neutral stance on them for most of the film, withholding judgment.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 11, 2026

From a modest family, he dreamt of becoming a computer engineer to "change his life", he told AFP, withholding his surname because "the fear is still there".

From Barron's Sep. 1, 2026

But now a federal judge in Ohio is withholding approval of the decree, saying he first wants to review the latest evidence and won’t “rubber stamp” the deal.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 25, 2026

Hamilton ruled that it had only "partially complied" with FOI legislation by "failing to provide a complete response" to the request and "incorrectly withholding" some details.

From BBC Aug. 13, 2026

The first article accuses Abnegation of withholding luxuries like cars and fresh fruit from the other factions in order to force their belief in self-denial on everyone else.

From "Divergent" by Veronica Roth




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