withholding

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You can look at your latest pay stub and see your year-to-date tax withholding and your year-to-date retirement contributions, and think about whether switching to post-tax contributions would make a difference.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 25, 2026

But the CPS's lawyer said withholding the identities was a "time-limited decision" until "proceedings commence substantively" in the UK.

From BBC • Jun. 23, 2026

The legal ban against withholding recess as punishment has generated friction in California.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 18, 2026

Louis had plenty of reasons for doing his maker dirty in “Interview,” like the fact that Lestat de Lioncourt was emotionally withholding and manipulative.

From Salon • Jun. 13, 2026

The lack and the hunger floated around us like a cloud, withholding everything—all hope, all satisfaction, every single drop of cleansing rain.

From "X: A Novel" by Ilyasah Shabazz