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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bottled (up)
held back
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With this new tech, the cooling limit that has held back computer chip design can be broken.—
Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
8 May 2026 -
Most of the works were sold off by the French state during the 1950s, according to the Musée d’Orsay’s website, but 2,200 were held back for safekeeping by the country’s national museums.—
Lianne Kolirin,
CNN Money,
8 May 2026
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“Bottled (up).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bottled%20%28up%29. Accessed 11 May. 2026.
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