hold true

idiom

: to be valid
The same holds true for/in all similar situations.

Examples of hold true in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web If those estimates hold true, this would be one of the busiest spring break ever. Michael Cappetta, Travel + Leisure, 7 Mar. 2024 The same suggestions of providing a consistent routine, sticking to your plan, remaining calm, and not drawing out your departure (in this case, from their room) also hold true for successful nighttime goodbyes. Karen Horsch, Parents, 1 Mar. 2024 If these totals hold true, the Southland is likely to see widespread flooding and mudflows and debris flows in hillside areas, especially those hit by recent fires. Rong-Gong Lin Ii, Los Angeles Times, 4 Feb. 2024 In an exchange that raised legal eyebrows from coast to coast, Mr. Trump’s attorney asserted that this would hold true even if a president ordered the assassination of a political rival. Henry Gass, The Christian Science Monitor, 11 Jan. 2024 That will likely hold true this year, when four out of the five tracks are also ROTY nominees. Vulture, 1 Feb. 2024 These changes are robust to outside disturbances such as tiny vibrations or fluctuations in temperature that can overwhelm other qubits—resilience that is rooted in math from the field of topology, the study of spatial relationships and geometry that hold true even when shapes are distorted. Sophia Chen, WIRED, 21 Dec. 2023 In some set-ups, Cope’s Rule does indeed appear to hold true. Lauren Leffer, Popular Science, 18 Jan. 2024 The rest, 52%, say the promise used to hold true but no longer does, up 9 points. Gary Langer, ABC News, 15 Jan. 2024

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“Hold true.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hold%20true. Accessed 28 Mar. 2024.

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