How to Use withdrawal in a Sentence

withdrawal

noun
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  • The general authorized the withdrawal of troops from the fields.
  • She made a withdrawal from her checking account.
  • He underwent rehab to help him through his withdrawal from heroin.
  • She experienced symptoms of nicotine withdrawal after she quit smoking.
  • The money has to come out and the withdrawals are taxable.
    — Liz Weston, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Aug. 2023
  • The child should keep all receipts as proof to back up the withdrawal.
    — Liz Weston Of Nerdwallet, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Jan. 2024
  • Pull out your bank statements from the last 12 months and add up the withdrawal amounts.
    — Becca Stanek, The Week, 5 May 2023
  • That was the highest amount of withdrawals on records dating from 1997.
    — Josh Mitchell, WSJ, 29 June 2023
  • By the end of winter quarter, Dominguez had three Fs and two withdrawals.
    — Brittny Mejia, Los Angeles Times, 10 Aug. 2023
  • The group took over the country after the withdrawal of U.S. forces in August 2021.
    — T. Christian Miller, ProPublica, 20 Mar. 2024
  • In 2019, the Emirates declared a withdrawal of their forces in Yemen.
    — Vivian Nereim, New York Times, 8 Aug. 2023
  • In the aftermath of the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan, there’s a complex story to be told.
    — Shawn Vandiver, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Aug. 2023
  • Look, he’s had – ever since the Afghanistan withdrawal his polls have been upside down.
    — Nbc Universal, NBC News, 3 Sep. 2023
  • France’s withdrawal could herald a shift for the United States’ presence in West Africa.
    — Aurelien Breeden, New York Times, 24 Sep. 2023
  • One is tax treatment of withdrawals prior to age 59½. IRAs would be subject to a 10% tax penalty where your plans would not.
    — Orlando Sentinel, 6 Apr. 2023
  • In the aftermath of the Ukrainian withdrawal, their fate was unknown.
    — Marc Santora Tyler Hicks, New York Times, 18 Feb. 2024
  • There is no tax penalty for early withdrawal from a CD.
    — Michelle Singletary, Washington Post, 22 Mar. 2024
  • In August 2023, the United States marked the two-year anniversary of its chaotic withdrawal from Afghanistan.
    — Foreign Affairs, 6 Nov. 2023
  • That shouldn’t have been a total disaster—FTX should have had enough cash in reserve to cover withdrawals.
    — WIRED, 2 Oct. 2023
  • But by Friday morning on March 10, the scale of withdrawals made that impossible.
    — Ben Eisen, WSJ, 28 Mar. 2023
  • The only way contestants can leave is by choice, medical withdrawal, or by force from the agents.
    — Jamie Ballard, Women's Health, 22 Aug. 2023
  • In June 2022, amid a rough patch in crypto markets, Celsius shuttered withdrawals.
    — Tracy Wang, Rolling Stone, 28 Oct. 2023
  • Huang explained that meant FTX took customer deposits and held them, then processed withdrawals.
    — Elizabeth Lopatto, The Verge, 6 Oct. 2023
  • It is also used to treat anxiety, mood swings and feelings of withdrawal.
    — Chris McKeown, The Enquirer, 15 July 2023
  • With the withdrawal of the F-16s, losing fighter jets at the base would have meant thousands of jobs leaving the area and hundreds of millions in economic loss for the region.
    — Claire Reid, Journal Sentinel, 12 Mar. 2024
  • With the withdrawal of the F-16’s, losing fighter jets at the base would have meant thousands of jobs leaving the area and hundreds of millions in economic loss for the region.
    — Claire Reid, Journal Sentinel, 10 Jan. 2024
  • Thus armed, Ukraine could cut off Russia’s line forces from supply, forcing their withdrawal from the country.
    — Robert Zubrin, National Review, 7 Apr. 2024
  • Like many savings accounts, you’re limited to six withdrawals per month.
    — Martha C. White, wsj.com, 8 Nov. 2023
  • And each time, Dunn said, she was forced into drug withdrawal in her cell without medical care.
    — Renuka Rayasam, Anchorage Daily News, 24 July 2023
  • At the time, the crypto exchange was experiencing a rush of customer withdrawals.
    — WSJ, 10 Oct. 2023

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