Definition of placeholder
: a symbol in a mathematical or logical expression that may be replaced by the name of any element of a set
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Instead, the party chose a placeholder candidate who, officials said, would vacate his place before the November election.
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And there Arie goes, again, with the placeholder hand: This time, his right fingers are stiffly curled behind Becca's head, rather than actively initiating physical contact and affection.
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Council has until June 30 to adopt its budget, so in a way, Thursday’s action by a lame-duck SRC could be a placeholder.
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The conspiracy, in effect, is a placeholder, and Haig could conceivably be charged with other counts, again depending on what evidence is produced by the prosecution.
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The Oakley site was simply a placeholder for the December deadline while the West End site was always the better play.
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In 2010, a year after setting out that goal, Mr Obama’s administration negotiated the New START agreement with Dmitry Medvedev, Mr Putin’s more emollient sidekick and placeholder.
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Iguodala obviously is a placeholder while a certain two-time MVP recovers from injury.
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Therefore, for procedural reasons, each caucus has agreed to support placeholder budget bills which will be voted out of the finance committee’’ on Thursday.
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First Known Use of placeholder
1928
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Definition of placeholder for Students
: a symbol (as x, Δ, *) used in mathematics in the place of a numeral
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