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as in container
something into which a liquid or smaller objects can be put for storage or transportation
her hat made a good holder for the shells she collected on the beach
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Recent Examples of holder
Companies should start early, run a tight process and prioritize long-term holders over fast money.
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Ankit Aggarwal, Forbes.com, 7 May 2025
The festival reached a settlement with 277 ticket holders in 2021, when it was ordered to pay each recipient an award of $7,220.
—Audrey Conklin, FOXNews.com, 27 Apr. 2025
What People Are Saying Elon Musk initially brought attention to the SSA's records on dead Social Security number holders in February.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Apr. 2025
Inside are four credit card slots, a passport pocket, a SIM card slot, and a pen holder, while the exterior has a slim ticket sleeve for your boarding pass.
—Amelia McBride, Travel + Leisure, 25 Apr. 2025
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Ankit Aggarwal, Forbes.com, 7 May 2025
The festival reached a settlement with 277 ticket holders in 2021, when it was ordered to pay each recipient an award of $7,220.
—Audrey Conklin, FOXNews.com, 27 Apr. 2025
What People Are Saying Elon Musk initially brought attention to the SSA's records on dead Social Security number holders in February.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Apr. 2025
Inside are four credit card slots, a passport pocket, a SIM card slot, and a pen holder, while the exterior has a slim ticket sleeve for your boarding pass.
—Amelia McBride, Travel + Leisure, 25 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for holder
Recent Examples of Synonyms for holder
Noun
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The grass in the front lawn had been allowed to grow uncut during the spring, for the horses, so the owners had not been out into the area to inspect it.—
Elizabeth Weise,
USA Today,
16 May 2025
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According to the vision of the owner Analjit Singh, also owner and founder of hospitality firm Leeu Collection, after a conservative restoration, the property is now a hotel with 49 rooms, 28 suites and six grand suites.—
Andrea Onate,
Footwear News,
15 May 2025
Noun
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Meanwhile, the underlying infrastructure—spanning containers, orchestration layers and APIs—must be fortified to withstand new classes of threats.—
Anuj Tyagi,
Forbes.com,
16 May 2025
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Whenever it's given a task, that task is performed in a distinct container that is preloaded with the user's codebase and is meant to accurately reflect their development environment.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
16 May 2025
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This is not someone who has regular contact with people, except perhaps the proprietors of the businesses.—
Cressida Leyshon,
New Yorker,
27 Apr. 2025
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There, fifth-generation proprietor Yasuhisa Serizawa carries on the tradition with his family’s Kanesa Dried Bonito Store, founded in 1882.—
Kristen E. Pope,
Travel + Leisure,
17 Apr. 2025
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“Holder.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/holder. Accessed 19 May. 2025.
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