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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

“A board of directors cannot fulfill its duties if corporate officers withhold material information and act beyond the scope of their authority,” said Eric Madden, one of the plaintiffs’ lawyers.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 27, 2026

Benjamin Harrop was seeking internal emails, messages and other communications about whether the government had a legal right to withhold the material.

From BBC Aug. 27, 2026

Those who swelled their little unarmed strength into the reckoning one of leagues, clubs, societies, sisterhoods designed to hold or withhold, move or stay put, make a way, solicit, comfort and ease.

From "Jazz" by Toni Morrison

What Mr. Ahamed withholds are the strong, respectable arguments to embrace, not to shun, the boogeyman that Federal Reserve economists style “deflation” but that a layman might rather recognize as human progress.

From The Wall Street Journal May 29, 2026

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

From MarketWatch Feb. 26, 2026

Someone who withholds too little will have to pay the remainder of their tax bill — possibly also penalties and interest if they withheld far too little.

From MarketWatch Nov. 21, 2025

"I thought about resigning. But I need this money," said 48-year-old bus driver David, who withholds his surname for fear of reprisal.

From Barron's Oct. 24, 2025

He who withholds wages that have been earned, and repudiates a debt.

From Works of Martin Luther With Introductions and Notes (Volume II) by Martin Luther

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

In 2026, the limit for someone below FRA for the entire year is $24,480, with $1 in benefits withheld for every $2 earned above that amount.

From MarketWatch Aug. 31, 2026

The rains, which should have come in early summer, withheld themselves, and day after day the skies shone with fresh and careless brilliance.

From "The Good Earth" by Pearl S. Buck

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 lack and the hunger floated around us like a cloud, withholding everything—all hope, all satisfaction, every single drop of cleansing rain.

From "X: A Novel" by Ilyasah Shabazz




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