withhold
Example Sentences
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Why deny a child access to high-quality education and withhold the opportunities that could change his future?
From The Wall Street Journal • May 18, 2026
X's second commitment is to withhold UK access to accounts reported for posting UK illegal terrorist content, if it determines they are operated by, or on behalf of, a terrorist organisation proscribed in the UK.
From BBC • May 15, 2026
If the money is paid to you, the administrator of the pension plan is obliged to withhold 20% for taxes.
From MarketWatch • May 6, 2026
The Justice Department’s inspector general has begun examining the government’s handling of the Epstein files, reviewing in part how officials decided to redact names and withhold materials from public release.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 23, 2026
In so doing, he did not withhold his shot, but he did waste it, thereby honoring his preduel pledge.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
Vocabulary lists containing withhold
The Pearl
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"Julius Caesar" by William Shakespeare, Act III
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