How to Use garnishment in a Sentence
garnishment
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But a judgment could mean a wage garnishment still lies ahead.
—Russ Wiles, azcentral, 20 May 2018
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Lioi has not ruled on whether to approve the garnishment.
—Justin Madden, cleveland.com, 27 Apr. 2018
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Foster-Ray spent half a day at the courthouse to file an objection to the garnishment.
—Sarah Alvarez, ProPublica, 23 Aug. 2022
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But then, about two months later, UAMS moved to reinstate the garnishment – and took that last $82.
—Casey Tolan, CNN, 8 Sep. 2023
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Yes, if the state law has provisions for wage garnishments.
—Michelle Singletary, Washington Post, 3 Jan. 2019
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This means consequences like wage garnishment and tax refund seizures could kick in for the first time since 2019 for those who can't get back on track.
—Shahar Ziv, Forbes, 7 Mar. 2025
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This means consequences like wage garnishment and tax refund seizures could kick in for the first time since 2019 for those who can't get back on track.
—Shahar Ziv, Forbes, 7 Mar. 2025
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The dollar amount of the garnishment is included in each of these docket entries.
—ProPublica, 27 June 2019
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State officials have even gone as far as wage garnishment, Baier said.
—Jen Fifield, USA TODAY, 4 Nov. 2017
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Judges have approved the garnishment of tenants’ wages in nearly all those cases.
—Doug Donovan, baltimoresun.com, 18 Aug. 2017
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The lender might also pursue a legal judgment, which leads to garnishment of the borrower's wages.
—Elizabeth Rivelli, Car and Driver, 15 Nov. 2022
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For many reasons, but a big one is if your child were to ever get sued, assets in a trust are most likely protected from garnishment.
—Washington Post, 8 June 2021
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Just five hospitals accounted for half of the resulting wage garnishments in the state.
—Laura Beil, New York Times, 3 Sep. 2019
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Those cases strain court systems and often end in wage garnishments for patients.
—Sarah Kliff, New York Times, 8 Nov. 2019
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The most common garnishment in Michigan is state income tax returns.
—Nushrat Rahman, Detroit Free Press, 16 Nov. 2022
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About three-quarters of the cases filed had information on whether a wage garnishment was or wasn’t filed against a borrower.
—Adam Friedman, ProPublica, 5 May 2025
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In Alabama, state law does not protect a living wage from garnishment.
—al, 19 Nov. 2019
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And as of this month, servicers are able to resume collecting on defaulted loans through wage garnishments.
—Kamaron McNair, CNBC, 3 Jan. 2025
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Once in default, private loans can result in wage garnishment, and potential civil lawsuits can add to the overall balance of the loan.
—Mia Taylor, Fortune, 6 Jan. 2023
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By resuming payments, garnishments and tax refunds are back on the table.
—Arkansas Online, 6 Mar. 2023
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Wilson advised that the only option to halt the garnishment and keep him from going under was to file for Chapter 7 bankruptcy.
—Grace Schneider, The Courier-Journal, 6 July 2017
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But by August, default judgment and wage garnishment orders emerged in a handful of cases that remained on the docket.
—Danielle Douglas-Gabriel, BostonGlobe.com, 21 Jan. 2021
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Expect delicious rum libations, served with all the garnishment and fanfare that drinks of this ilk demand.
—Michelle Matthews | Mmatthews@al.com, AL.com, 6 Aug. 2017
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Universal Music Group has 10 days from the receipt of the order of garnishment to pay R. Kelly's debt, according to the documents.
—Naledi Ushe, USA TODAY, 25 Aug. 2023
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This garnishment could apply to millions who have fallen behind and failed to make arrangements.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 Apr. 2025
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Saunders added another option for those who are concerned about garnishment: to withdraw the funds from their bank account.
—Mckenzie Sadeghi, USA TODAY, 20 Apr. 2020
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The judge released the funds despite the FTC’s argument that all of Cooper’s assets are subject to garnishment if repayment of the $25.9 million is ordered.
—Ron Hurtibise, Sun-Sentinel.com, 1 June 2017
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According to court files, Rodriguez found out the Marlins still are making some payments to Hernandez and filed for garnishment.
—Jose Lambiet, miamiherald, 28 Apr. 2017
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At 270 days late, the loan is in default and collections efforts begin, leading to consequences such as wage garnishment and seizure of tax refunds.
—Nerd Wallet, oregonlive, 7 Dec. 2020
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At the same time, though, default could result in wage garnishment or withholding of federal payments such as Social Security.
—David Lightman, Sacbee.com, 22 Apr. 2025
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