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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bottled (up)
held back
Verb
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Hair shaggy, uniform untucked, his face like an arrow pulled taut, Danny held back the whole class with his antics.—
David Ehrlich,
IndieWire,
7 Sep. 2025 -
Historical disruptions to scarcity Advertisement Industrial revolutions throughout history expanded abundance, but in every wave, scarcity held back progress.—
Ravi Kumar,
Time,
25 Aug. 2025
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“Bottled (up).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bottled%20%28up%29. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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