hold/have promise
idiom
: to seem likely to be effective or successful in the future
The new drug holds/has promise.
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As church attendance declines and the housing market gets tighter, Perez and Porter’s path may hold promise.
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Daniel De Visé, USA Today, 13 Aug. 2025
These systems also hold promise in disease modeling and drug testing.
—IEEE Spectrum, 9 Aug. 2025
The panel said these and other efforts to establish native vegetation hold promise to control dust in other areas and further improve air quality in the Owens Valley.
—Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 19 June 2025
Despite their concerns over misdiagnosis, clinicians still think AI tools hold promise for making their own lives easier, especially for administrative tasks.
—Alex Knapp, Forbes.com, 16 July 2025
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Daniel De Visé, USA Today, 13 Aug. 2025
These systems also hold promise in disease modeling and drug testing.
—IEEE Spectrum, 9 Aug. 2025
The panel said these and other efforts to establish native vegetation hold promise to control dust in other areas and further improve air quality in the Owens Valley.
—Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 19 June 2025
Despite their concerns over misdiagnosis, clinicians still think AI tools hold promise for making their own lives easier, especially for administrative tasks.
—Alex Knapp, Forbes.com, 16 July 2025
See All Example Sentences for hold/have promise
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“Hold/have promise.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hold%2Fhave%20promise. Accessed 24 Aug. 2025.
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