withhold
Example Sentences
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“These violations are not about withholding wages or failing to pay partners, but as part of the agreement, some current and former partners will receive payouts. This compensation is about compliance, not unpaid wages.”
At issue are cases involving immigrants who, rather than winning asylum, are granted one of two kinds of immigration relief, known as orders of “withholding of removal” and protection under the international Convention Against Torture.
From Los Angeles Times
The commissioner said that ministers had been "wrongly withholding some information under the exemptions".
From BBC
The text of the law, however, gives the Justice Department and the attorney general, Pam Bondi, significant discretion in deciding what exactly to release and what to withhold from the public.
From Salon
“On Jan. 1, working Americans will reset their withholding levels, and they will have substantial real income increases,” Bessent said.
From MarketWatch
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