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Discover LudwigThe phrase 'are withheld' is both correct and commonly used in written English.
It is typically used to describe a situation where information or action is being deliberately kept secret or withheld from others. For example: - The exact details of the new project are still being withheld from the public. - The company's profits are being withheld from shareholders until further notice. - The government has announced that certain key documents are being withheld from the media for national security reasons.
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are withheld
adjective
That one has withheld; kept from the possession or knowledge of another.
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Antiviral drugs are withheld.
But here and elsewhere, details are withheld.
Medical care and adequate clothing are withheld.
First of all, taxes are withheld less often from asset income like dividends and capital gains than they are withheld from wages.
Professions and last names are withheld during pre-dinner drinks and cooking.
When the results of clinical trials are withheld, the well is poisoned for everyone.
Reporters are belittled for dishonesty and stupidity and their credentials are withheld.
I can't recall, offhand, a movie in which so many things are withheld for so long.
Details about the four people infected, whose identities are withheld for privacy.
The taxes are withheld from the paychecks of most wage earners and finance the Social Security system.
The full-time employee's pay after his portion of health insurance premiums are withheld is $42,000.
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