withheld
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What is withheld becomes as important as what remains.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 21, 2026
Social Security recalculates your benefits at retirement age so that money withheld is not lost.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 16, 2026
District Court for the District of Columbia, alleges ICE has withheld the property of seven people who have been out of immigration detention for more than five months.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026
The body was found in Olifantsfontein on 14 September, but police have withheld her name as her family has not yet been informed.
From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2026
As he lifted his hand to knock he heard steps, so he withheld his hand until a big man in black broadcloth trousers and a stiff bosomed white shirt without collar opened the door.
From "The Sound and the Fury" by William Faulkner
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