- present tense form of withhold (3rd person singular).
withholds
Example Sentences
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If you start claiming in the months before your birth month for full retirement age, then Social Security withholds $1 for every $3 you earn over $65,160, a somewhat less restrictive policy.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 15, 2026
She by and large withholds judgment from their conclusions.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 9, 2026
Someone who withholds too little will have to pay the remainder of their tax bill — possibly also penalties and interest if they withheld far too little.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 21, 2025
"I thought about resigning. But I need this money," said 48-year-old bus driver David, who withholds his surname for fear of reprisal.
From Barron's ● Oct. 24, 2025
Resistance to temptation is made by the act of the will which commands the other powers not to yield and withholds its own consent to the sin suggested.
From Moral Theology A Complete Course Based on St. Thomas Aquinas and the Best Modern Authorities by Charles Jerome Callan
