withheld 1 of 2

adjective

as in suppressed

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withheld

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verb

past tense of withhold
1
as in denied
to be unwilling to grant must withhold official approval until all the proper forms have been submitted

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2
as in retained
to continue to have in one's possession or power withhold some money for your own expenses

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Recent Examples of withheld
Adjective
The withheld funding supports election monitoring, independent media and other pro-democracy programs abroad. — Robert Alexander, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Aug. 2025
Verb
The name of the Marine is expected to be withheld until 24 hours after the person's family has been notified, Thomas said. — Anthony Trotter, ABC News, 4 Nov. 2026 This person will review whether the available evidence and testimony suggest federal officials made misrepresentations, withheld information or otherwise violated their professional or ethical obligations to the court. — Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 4 Nov. 2026 Prosecutors said the auction house had withheld the tablet’s false provenance from Hobby Lobby and the museum. — Steven John, Fortune, 3 Nov. 2026 State officials had provided a version of the rolls that withheld such sensitive personal information, citing privacy concerns. — Mia Cathell, The Washington Examiner, 2 Nov. 2026 That year, some seven hundred subscribers in Rochester, New York, furious at plans to raise their charges, withheld their payments for eighteen months, until the phone company backed down. — Cal Revely-Calder, New Yorker, 2 Nov. 2026 The identities of the two people killed were being withheld pending forensic examinations and notification of their families. — Sophia Compton, FOXNews.com, 2 Nov. 2026 The latter message was withheld from the trustees, says the filing. — Brian Boucher, ARTnews.com, 2 Nov. 2026 Coding system reveals missing pages A CBS News analysis of a numerical coding system used by the DOJ to organize the Epstein files offers clues about some of the documents the department has withheld. — Daniel Ruetenik, CBS News, 28 Oct. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for withheld
  1. suppressed
  2. denied
  3. retained
  4. reserved
  5. refused
  6. kept
  7. concealed
  8. rejected
Adjective
  • General Manager Ken Holland hinted at potentially being done after trading center Phillip Danault for a draft pick in December and acquiring Panarin at a suppressed price in February, though he has been known to under-promise often and, sometimes, over-deliver.
    — Andrew Knoll, Daily News, 3 Mar. 2026
  • Supervising sound editor Alastair Sirkett told IndieWire that Peter Claffey’s big, former-rugby-player frame really helps that moment sing with suppressed panic.
    — Sarah Shachat, IndieWire, 18 Feb. 2026
Definition of suppressed
Verb
  • The company can also expect litigation from shareholders, and possible regulatory action, if Huang or the board held back material information from investors (Nvidia previously denied the allegations of an affair to media outlets).
    — Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson, semafor.com, 9 Nov. 2026
  • Little Flock residents rejected a proposal from the city to generate additional revenue last week while those living in northeastern Benton County approved a similar idea and denied another.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 9 Nov. 2026
Definition of denied
Verb
  • Third District Court of Appeal retention results Judge Kansas Gooden will be retained.
    — Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 4 Nov. 2026
  • After their first year on the bench and at the end of every term, voters are asked to weigh in on whether a judge should be retained or removed from their position.
    — The Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 4 Nov. 2026
Definition of retained
Adjective
  • Transfer to bowl with reserved dressing and toss to coat evenly.
    — Shilpa Uskokovic, Bon Appetit Magazine, 2 Nov. 2026
  • The figure most responsible for this was Robert Katzman, a reserved, soft-spoken neurologist who chaired the department at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, in the Bronx.
    — Manvir Singh, New Yorker, 2 Nov. 2026
Definition of reserved
Verb
  • Faubus refused to remove the Arkansas National Guard and allow the Little Rock Nine to matriculate at the school.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 4 Nov. 2026
  • The race to represent Montana in the upper chamber had long been viewed as Alme’s to lose, after both Bodnar and Bankhead refused to drop out in order to consolidate the Democratic vote.
    — Claire Carter, The Washington Examiner, 4 Nov. 2026
Definition of refused
Verb
  • These laws have kept the deer population under control over the last decade.
    — Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 7 Nov. 2026
  • The city’s redevelopment agency kept the land on which the park sat until 2019, when it was forced to sell after the state abolished redevelopment agencies, and the city was not in a financial position to outbid Cedar Fair for the land.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 7 Nov. 2026
Definition of kept
Adjective
  • Retractable or concealed handles now appear on cars from American, European, Korean and Chinese manufacturers.
    — Peter Lyon, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2026
  • In another instance, investigators identified a gray button on a test-taker's shirt as a concealed camera.
    — Ivan Taylor, CBS News, 25 June 2026
Definition of concealed
Verb
  • She’s gotten used to trying, and trying again; while applying for fiction writing classes in college, Adeyemi says, she was rejected five semesters in a row.
    — Wisdom Iheanyichukwu, Vanity Fair, 2 Nov. 2026
  • The three Republicans on the court backed the proposal, arguing the poll sites were underutilized, while the two Democrats rejected it.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 2 Nov. 2026
Definition of rejected

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“Withheld.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/withheld. Accessed 10 Nov. 2026.

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