Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for held (in)
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Officers reported that Hendrix had his right hand concealed inside his jacket near his chest and abdomen.—
Christopher Harris,
CBS News,
23 Feb. 2026 -
The pressure to keep exile concealed—to keep it invisible—mounts when disclosing the reasons motivating the journey would put travelers at risk.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
18 Feb. 2026
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Amylin is hormone co-secreted with insulin in the pancreas to suppress appetite and reduce food intake.—
Annika Kim Constantino,
CNBC,
6 Feb. 2026
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Finally, like mealy bugs, the honeydew secreted by aphids can encourage the growth of sooty mold and fungus.—
Jon VanZile,
The Spruce,
30 Jan. 2026
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Lo and behold, the signal for the mock galaxy was just as strong as the signal for CDG-2 was, even when the globular clusters were masked completely away.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
3 Mar. 2026
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Familiar faces, with all their attending cultural signifiers, are simply not present when digitally masked on the screen.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
3 Mar. 2026
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And the screen is often duly obscured in a whitish haze, some of it moving through the skies above, some of it rising from the Phlegraean Fields, an active eight-mile-wide caldera to the west of Naples.—
Justin Chang,
New Yorker,
27 Feb. 2026
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Water had obscured the depth and impact of the sinkhole.—
Paula Wethington,
CBS News,
26 Feb. 2026
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The black curtains go up, trinkets are removed, mirrors are covered, and John and Francesca’s portrait is veiled.—
Christina Grace Tucker,
Vulture,
26 Feb. 2026
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Rakan Mayasi Post-production, hybrid, 100 min In a valley veiled by fog and tribal codes, two sisters walk into the night not as daughters, but as offerings— where blood, memory, and silence attempt to keep the fire from spreading.—
Melanie Goodfellow,
Deadline,
3 Feb. 2026
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That design was the signature motif of Emperor Wenzong, who restricted it for his personal use during his reign from 1328 to 1332, according to the study.—
Issy Ronald,
CNN Money,
28 Feb. 2026
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Schools closed, travel was restricted and the city ground to a slow crawl under heavy white blankets for about a day.—
Brandi D. Addison,
USA Today,
27 Feb. 2026
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Even though the moon is shrouded entirely in a shadow, the sun’s light is still able to reflect onto its surface.—
Hali Smith
March 1,
Idaho Statesman,
1 Mar. 2026
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The language of deterrence is generally shrouded by deliberate ambiguity, to keep potential enemies guessing about the red lines that could trigger a nuclear response.—
John Leicester,
Los Angeles Times,
27 Feb. 2026
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“Held (in).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/held%20%28in%29. Accessed 4 Mar. 2026.
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