withholding

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Mr. Spielberg keeps up a certain suspense via a shopworn device: withholding information known to the characters.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026

The man had "withholding of removal", a legal protection that is weaker than asylum but in the past has superseded someone's deportation order, allowing them to live and work in the United States.

From Barron's • May 30, 2026

We are also withholding some details to protect her identity.

From BBC • May 18, 2026

“You would never think that America’s sweetheart would be so brilliant as this extremely chilly, withholding suburban housewife,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times • May 6, 2026

The room hovered around me with great gentleness, as if the chairs and the tables and the walls were withholding their weight out of sympathy for my sudden frailty.

From "The Bell Jar" by Sylvia Plath