Alexandra Kleeman

Sometimes I want to withhold judgement on whether something is good or bad, but I do feel like identifying with TV characters - connecting to them emotionally more than you connect to literal, physical people in your life - causes problems. They just don't have the same existence or boundaries as you do. They resemble us, but they are not us.

American Author

Iyanla Vanzant

In order to feel loved, be respected and stay connected, we humans have a tendency to lie. We lie about who we are, what we want, what we need, what we have done or will do. Perhaps 'lie' is too strong a word. Let me say that what we do is withhold the truth.

Sean Combs

I would never withhold information about the murder of my man Biggie, or anybody else. It's just silly and ridiculous. The accusations are just flying out. All I've been trying to do all my life is to make great music.

American Musician

Matt Apuzzo

When I write that I've known about something for a long time, that's not a boast. That's a confession. It's me acknowledging that I have withheld something important from the public.

American Journalist

Amitava Kumar

Inequality reigns in horrifying ways, and not everyone can even read, but the world of media and advertising withholds very little from the imagination of the dispossessed.

Indian Writer

Idina Menzel

We are never doing anyone any favors by withholding our gifts from the world. It's scary to be fierce, but you can't compromise that for fear of losing those around you.

American Actress

Richard Thaler

If you're not putting enough away for emergencies or retirement, making commitments in advance, such as signing up for payroll withholding, can help.

American Economist

Eldridge Cleaver

Respect commands itself and can neither be given nor withheld when it is due.

American Activist

Henry Williamson

All the experience of the greatest city in the world could not withhold me.

English Author

Nancy Pelosi

I think that much of the truth has been withheld from the American people.

American Politician

Used when someone chooses not to share specific information deliberately.

Selective Sharing

Often implies a strategic or purposeful reason for not revealing something.

Strategic Silence

Indicates control over expressions of feelings or thoughts.

Emotional Control

Shows careful consideration before expressing opinions or judgements.

Judgement Consideration

Refers to money taken out of a salary before a person receives it.

Paycheck Deductions

Often relates to mandatory deductions like taxes or child support.

Legal Requirement

 And yet, they always manage to get the result that they want. So how does this work? How can we explain this strange phenomenon? Well, it turns out that what happens is the negative data goes missing in action; it's withheld from doctors and patients. And this is the most important aspect of the whole story. It's at the top of the pyramid of evidence.

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 what they considered vital research. They had yet to confirm their theories about racial difference, and they believed they would never have another opportunity to observe the long-term effects of untreated syphilis. The study’s leadership decided to withhold knowledge of new treatments from their subjects.

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 I want to know-- did you mean that as a threat? In other words, that if-- if I or other members of the council are going to be criticizing you or the department, are you saying that you will withhold support of these services to fight crime in our districts?

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 The judge grants her request. The scribe records the new contract in cuneiform into a wet clay tablet, and the matter is settled. She's protected her income and spared her brother’s life by withholding the true extent of his crimes.

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 And we need to continue to cultivate bravery. Whistle-blowers are brave. Often, they underestimated the impact whistle-blowing had on their family, but what they continue to comment on is how hard it is to withhold the truth.

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 want to withhold the information and those who want to get information by using tactical deception the ravens are anticipating and trying to predict what another bird is doing a level of strategy rarely seen in animals

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 so extreme. Is anyone paying attention to some of the things these guys do? They borrow money. They're not supposed to, but they figure out a way. They make you pay more in withholding just to help their cash flow out.

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 societies like this it's very common in many parts of the world for ancestors to be the source of all of these blessings so that if the ancestors are upset then maybe they will actually withhold the bounties of nature

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 emphasized the value of privacy. Because cultivating a private life is precious. It's sacred. Its value is inherent in what you don't share. What you withhold. And for whom.

Withhold

To refrain from giving or revealing something.

Often appears as...

To stop oneself from doing or expressing something.

Often appears as...

To deduct or retain a portion of money.

Often appears as...

Selective Sharing

Strategic Silence

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