Example Sentences

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“If you receive Social Security benefits, you can ask us to withhold funds from your benefits, and we will credit them toward your federal taxes,” the Social Security Administration said.

From MarketWatch • Oct. 18, 2025

Of the $2 billion, the Justice Department said it will credit $850 million to resolve the SEC and Danish probes.

From Reuters • Dec. 13, 2022

McCollough: I will credit the great Dan Wetzel of Yahoo!

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 28, 2022

“I will credit the administration — they gave me a lot of input, and we debated it and came to a compromise on what the bill would have in it,” Hanger said.

From Washington Post • Apr. 15, 2022

"They will perhaps not agree with yours, but I will credit you with doing what I desire, which is not to set sail before to-morrow morning at sunrise."

From A Romance of the West Indies by Sue, Eugène