withholding
- present participle of withhold.
Example Sentences
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Appeared in the February 26, 2026, print edition as 'DOJ to Review Withholding Of Epstein Files About Trump'.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 25, 2026
"Withholding essential humanitarian assistance to the civilian population is unacceptable," read the statement.
From BBC • Jul. 25, 2025
Withholding funding for the “alleged actions of a few individuals,” he said, was a “matter of extraordinary disproportion.”
From New York Times • Jan. 31, 2024
Withholding the veto, and explaining why, would be a powerful first step.
From Slate • Dec. 18, 2023
Withholding my countenance only as I foresaw the means to enrich you both were approaching my grasp, I waited for the hill to break away that I might recover my casket.
From At a Winter's Fire by Capes, Bernard Edward Joseph
