How to Use on hold in a Sentence

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• The Fed has been on hold all year and looks likely to stay put for months to come.
  — Michael Santoli, CNBC, 7 July 2026
• But a state appeals court put that on hold just weeks before the midterm election that year.
  — ABC News, 21 July 2026
• Any such dealmaking likely will be on hold for much of the next year, while the split process continues.
  — David Bloom, Forbes.com, 29 June 2026
• However, a state appeals court put that on hold just weeks before the midterm election that fall.
  — ABC News, 23 July 2026
• In 2014, much of free agency was on hold until James made his choice.
  — Jacob Feldman, Sportico.com, 8 July 2026
• For now, talks over reaching a permanent end to the war are on hold until the end of the funeral.
  — Nasser Karimi, Chicago Tribune, 5 July 2026
• No trial date has been set, but the agreement likely puts the merger on hold for at least several months.
  — Gene Maddaus, Variety, 24 July 2026
• Talks over reaching a permanent end to the war appear to be on hold until the end of the funeral.
  — Nasser Karimi, Fortune, 5 July 2026
• The union argued the March judgment is still in effect because no court has put it on hold or overturned it.
  — Ben Wheeler, Kansas City Star, 10 July 2026
• Fortunately, a little rain doesn’t have to put your vacation on hold.
  — Abby Price, Southern Living, 9 July 2026
• Schmiedl says one winning hackathon idea came from the customer service team, which found a way to reduce the amount of time customers spent on hold.
  — Alyshia Hull, USA Today, 30 July 2026
• Elsewhere, an investigation or court order can keep the payment on hold much longer.
  — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 17 July 2026
• However, Twain put her career on hold and moved back to Ontario to care for her younger siblings.
  — Ashley Hume, FOXNews.com, 21 July 2026
• That means Lagrange’s throwing program is on hold until at least mid-August.
  — Chris Kirschner, New York Times, 4 July 2026
• Meanwhile, Roten and her husband are stretched thin, putting renovations of what was supposed to be a starter home on hold.
  — Natasha Chen, CNN Money, 3 Aug. 2026
• These recommendations are currently on hold since they have been blocked by a federal judge.
  — Omer Awan, Forbes.com, 2 Aug. 2026
• Talks between the United States and Iran appear to be on hold until after the burial.
  — ABC News, 8 July 2026
• The state case against Vance Boelter had been on hold pending resolution of the federal case.
  — ABC News, 3 Aug. 2026
• Perhaps Iran will agree to put its ambitions on hold for 60 days in the hope that the previous agreement can be revived.
  — Thomas Wright, The Atlantic, 25 July 2026
• That order is now on hold, however, after a federal judge blocked the policy earlier this week.
  — Alison Durkee, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026
• Investors expect that the central bank will remain on hold, but will seek greater clarity on the path forward for monetary policy.
  — Joseph Wilkins,justina Lee,sarah Min, CNBC, 27 July 2026
• Let’s travel path two and figure out how this career part timer doesn’t have to put the rest of their life on hold while the dream career is still TBD.
  — Caroline Ceniza-Levine, Forbes.com, 5 July 2026
• Snell reached a plea agreement on April 21 that puts the driving under the influence charge on hold for one year without a formal finding.
  — Adam Sabes, FOXNews.com, 16 July 2026
• Observations are currently on hold to preserve the telescope’s orbit as long as possible.
  — Madison E. Goldberg, PEOPLE, 28 Oct. 2025
• After terrorizing that one kid, the bird reportedly went after a few other teenage footballers to the point that the referee had to put the match on hold.
  — Matt Reigle Outkick, FOXNews.com, 5 Aug. 2026
• Later in the day, the group filed court papers seeking a temporary restraining order to put the deal on hold so that legal proceedings could move forward.
  — Lillian Rizzo, CNBC, 14 July 2026
• The 104-meeting Iron Skillet series is on hold, as of last September.
  — Jason Kirk, New York Times, 4 Aug. 2026
• The company’s plan for future launches on New Glenn are necessarily on hold.
  — Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 17 July 2026
• For the World Cup final, the dozen plush, cinema-like seats are selling for an eye-popping $1 million each, with many of them already on hold.
  — Tori Latham, Robb Report, 30 June 2026
• The federal government has filed an emergency request asking to put the ruling on hold while a higher court considers an appeal.
  — Ruben Vives, Los Angeles Times, 1 Aug. 2026