withhold
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Of course, he didn’t have to, since as Tennessee’s Chief Executive, he has the prerogative to grant or withhold clemency as he sees fit.
From Slate ● Oct. 1, 2026
Shaw: While there should be a legal obligation, district officials must cite documented instances, by courts or law enforcement, of abuse or mistreatment to withhold this information in extremely rare circumstances.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026
Google on Wednesday said it would withhold its most powerful artificial intelligence model from the public for now, releasing Gemini 4 Argon only to a vetted group of cybersecurity experts to avoid misuse by hackers.
From Barron's ● Sep. 30, 2026
“A board of directors cannot fulfill its duties if corporate officers withhold material information and act beyond the scope of their authority,” said Eric Madden, one of the plaintiffs’ lawyers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026
“She’ll think you’re trying to steal business from her, and the miller will probably withhold our rations, the lying cheat.”
From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff
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Amazon repeated a statement it made in response to the initial report, saying any suggestion that it intentionally withholds country-of-origin information is incorrect.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026
Every ton China withholds is a ton removed from the market, driving up prices.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 1, 2026
What Mr. Ahamed withholds are the strong, respectable arguments to embrace, not to shun, the boogeyman that Federal Reserve economists style “deflation” but that a layman might rather recognize as human progress.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 29, 2026
“Today, the court holds that one exception — the postal exception — prevents individuals from recovering for injuries based on a postal employee’s intentional misconduct, including when an employee maliciously withholds their mail,” Sotomayor wrote.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 24, 2026
Nature often withholds needed moisture at critical times.
From Farm Gardening with Hints on Cheap Manuring Quick Cash Crops and How to Grow Them by Anonymous
But when it withheld similar information in 2017, amid a tense military stand-off with India, Beijing blamed technical problems at its hydrological monitoring stations in Tibet, Singh said.
From BBC ● Oct. 14, 2026
We have tort law, consumer safety statutes, etc.—and they’re working, as was obvious in April when Anthropic withheld Mythos from distribution except to trusted partners in the battle against cyber hacking.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026
Competition would force existing universities to adapt faster and more comprehensively than any direct donation or withheld government funding could.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026
On Thursday morning, Ihor M. -- whose last name has been withheld under Polish privacy law -- entered the Benedictine abbey in Jaroslaw, in southeastern Poland.
From Barron's ● Sep. 26, 2026
When Adams received word of this outrageous ultimatum, he ordered the delegation to return home, but he also withheld the official dispatches describing the bribery scheme from the Congress and the public.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
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“LA28’s refusal to comply with my Office’s request after years of withholding information that they are contractually obligated to provide to the City of L.A. is unacceptable,” Mejia said in a statement.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026
O'Lali's father, Martin Paul O'Lali, 51, from Greenvale in Belfast, was given a 12 month sentence suspended for two years, after admitting a 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
From a modest family, he dreamt of becoming a computer engineer to "change his life", he told AFP, withholding his surname because "the fear is still there".
From Barron's ● Sep. 1, 2026
The first article accuses Abnegation of withholding luxuries like cars and fresh fruit from the other factions in order to force their belief in self-denial on everyone else.
From "Divergent" by Veronica Roth
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