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withhold

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


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FAA chief Bryan Bedford has said he was authorized legally to withhold 2.8% of the increase as an incentive to get productivity gains from controllers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026

At an earlier hearing the same month, Home Office lawyers applied to withhold some information from MI5 being made public at a future inquest due to national security concerns.

From BBC ● Oct. 12, 2026

Shaw: While there should be a legal obligation, district officials must cite documented instances, by courts or law enforcement, of abuse or mistreatment to withhold this information in extremely rare circumstances.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

I had already given myself the thing they were threatening to withhold.

From Salon ● Sep. 9, 2026

The vast majority of states continue to withhold the right to vote when people are released on parole.

From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander

“Withholding the three specific statutory powers mentioned in the revised designation order in reality withholds nothing,” Seabright wrote.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2026

Each employer’s payroll system withholds taxes based only on the wages it pays you and does not account for your other income.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 13, 2026

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

He withholds his approval to keep the paler, smaller man anxious.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 5, 2026

The sceptic in Europe who still withholds his credence from Bruce’s account of an Abyssinian brind feast, would have been edified by the sight now presented on the royal meadow.

From The Highlands of Ethiopia by William Cornwallis Harris

What is withheld becomes as important as what remains.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 21, 2026

The claimants said that after the killings, the London Bullion Market Association should have withheld stamp of approval for a Tanzanian mine.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 11, 2026

RSF has said that a third country has offered him asylum, without specifying which, but that departures planned for February and June were cancelled after Thai immigration authorities withheld exit clearance without explanation.

From Barron's ● Oct. 8, 2026

The body was found in Olifantsfontein on 14 September, but police have withheld her name as her family has not yet been informed.

From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2026

A little knowledge withheld is a great advantage one should store for future use.

From "The Joy Luck Club" by Amy Tan

Jackson’s attorneys fired back at the claims, insisting that their client had been withholding rent because of a leak in the property that had not been fixed.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 29, 2026

Emma McCune, 29, from Breton Park in Lisburn also pleaded guilty to the same charge of withholding information.

From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2026

During the six months ended July 26, Nvidia paid $4.5 billion of cash withholding taxes when employee shares vested.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026

Increasing your income-tax withholding can help you avoid a large tax bill and possible underpayment penalties, although it won’t change the total amount of tax you ultimately pay.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 30, 2026

It was the economist Milton Friedman who helped come up with a solution to this one: automatic tax withholding from employees’ paychecks.

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


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