withhold
verb (used with object)
to hold back; restrain or check.
will withhold
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future tenseof withhold.future tense
Used to express actions, events, or states that have not yet occurred but are expected to happen.
Example Sentences
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The company will withhold $5bn of the settlement, and only release it if YouTube, TikTok and others also enter into similar agreements.
From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2026
That means earning just under the amount where Social Security will withhold benefits.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 15, 2026
Sometimes foreign companies will withhold local taxes from dividends before sending them to a U.S. payee.
From Barron's ● Feb. 12, 2026
Councilmember Katy Yaroslavsky, who pushed for the assessment of the anti-camping law last year, will withhold comment until the city’s chief legislative analyst completes her report, said Yaroslavsky’s communications director, Leo Daube.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 7, 2024
“I will withhold judgment until I finish. However, I will say that I’m feeling a bit embarrassed to have given you The Price of Dawn.”
From "The Fault in Our Stars" by John Green
