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Read the sentence carefully and fill in the blanks with the most appropriate words. Only one option correctly completes both blanks.

The committee objected to the ______ of critical data during peer review, arguing that such ______ compromised transparency and academic integrity across institutions.

The correct answer is

researcher’s withholding / behaviour

After “the”, the first blank needs a noun phrase. With a gerund (withholding = the act of keeping back), the doer is shown in the possessive: “the researcher’s withholding of critical data”.

“researcher’s withhold” is wrong because withhold is a bare verb and cannot follow a possessive as a noun; “researcher withholding” and “researchers withholding” lack the possessive needed before the gerund.

In the second blank, “such behaviour” is right: behaviour is normally uncountable, and the verb compromised refers back to that single act; the plural behaviours does not fit.

The complete sentence: “The committee objected to the researcher’s withholding of critical data during peer review, arguing that such behaviour compromised transparency and academic integrity across institutions.”

Hence, the answer is researcher’s withholding / behaviour.

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