- present participle of withhold.
withholding
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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
Emma McCune, 29, from Breton Park in Lisburn also pleaded guilty to the same charge of withholding information.
From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2026
She has 30 days from the notice date before the agency will start withholding 50% of her monthly benefit to recover the debt.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 22, 2026
“Please, please I just want something, I’ll do anything,” the hungry 8-year-old boy would beg, according to his sister, whose identity The Times is withholding because she is a juvenile.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2026
Hoover thought Dasch was withholding information so that he would have leverage over the FBI and would be considered indispensable.
From Nazi Saboteurs by Samantha Seiple
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