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withdrawing

  • present participle
    of withdraw.
    withdraw
    verb (used with object)
    to draw back, away, or aside; take back; remove.

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The council eventually agreed in May to delay implementation of the minimum wage increase by 18 months in exchange for the business coalition withdrawing the gross receipts measure.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 1, 2026

This week, several more European countries published letters formally withdrawing the support they had pledged to Infantino as recently as the spring.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026

You’re withdrawing now, and a withdrawal taken during a decline doesn’t behave like a simple loss.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 27, 2026

The IFA, the governing body for football in Northern Ireland, had previously backed Uefa's stance without formally withdrawing their support, but have now said Infantino's plan raised "fundamental questions" of the president.

From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2026

Our people continued to lose their jobs, their businesses, and their homes as pressure was exerted to convince them to talk us into voluntarily withdrawing from Central High.

From "Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High" by Melba Pattillo Beals