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- noun Plural form of
withholder .
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Examples
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They examined the impact of team members who were deadbeats ("withholders of effort"), downers (who "express pessimism, anxiety, insecurity and irritation") and jerks (who violate "interpersonal norms of respect").
How a Few Bad Apples Ruin Everything Robert Sutton 2011
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In the early 80's FICA withholders were set higher than necessary for then current benefit payments specifically so that a trust fund could be built to handle the coming large generation of retirees.
Economic Debate, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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And remember, Hillary's general election vote withholders ...
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In a time when people who have violated decency and law alike are thought to need only a first-rate agent to transform them into profit-making centers -- books, public appearances, autograph seekers, maybe, with luck, their own talk show-it seems to me that the situation cries out for more snubbers and withholders of the glad hand and the smiley face, not less.
The Art Of The Snub 2008
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Hundreds stopped paying membership dues, aided by a policy that allowed dues withholders to remain members for two years.
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The foremost expression of that development is that the grantors and withholders start duking it out publicly.
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The withholders start to shame their fellows who are complicit in supporting the regime and make it clear that they will be publicly humiliated, followed by progressively worse fates.
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The withholders start to shame their fellows who are complicit in supporting the regime and make it clear that they will be publicly humiliated, followed by progressively worse fates.
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The foremost expression of that development is that the grantors and withholders start duking it out publicly.
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Allah desire to show me mercy, be the withholders of His mercy?
Three Translations of The Koran (Al-Qur'an) side by side Abdullah Yusuf Ali 1902
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