Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hold (in)
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The moment, which quickly went viral, saw the pair duck to hide their faces from the camera, setting off alarm bells and becoming instant fodder for online chatter.—
Anna Kaufman,
USA Today,
26 Aug. 2025 -
This broadly guides the AI and can be hidden from users or found by savvy users via insider awareness of where to look.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
25 Aug. 2025
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To conceal her sexuality in an effort not to have her photography marginalized.—
Chadd Scott,
Forbes.com,
30 Aug. 2025
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Erik discussed using a fake ID to conceal his identity and recounted the events leading to the murders, citing intense fear and the belief that fleeing would have been a death sentence.—
Matthew J. Friedman,
CNN Money,
24 Aug. 2025
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This is a gentle way to alert him to the certificate situation, while legitimately veiling it under the more polite guise that your concern is really about her health.—
Judith Martin,
Sun Sentinel,
16 Aug. 2025
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In the Danube Delta, silence reigns—broken only by pelican wings, rustling reeds, and drifting river mist that veils the labyrinth of wetlands.—
Lewis Nunn,
Forbes.com,
14 Aug. 2025
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Titles and credentials can mask a wide range of ability, and blind trust can lead to mistakes.—
Tony Bradley,
Forbes.com,
20 Aug. 2025
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There’s some side theories about it being used as a masking agent.—
Matthew Futterman,
New York Times,
19 Aug. 2025
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Prostaglandins are natural chemicals in the body that are secreted when there is an injury or inflammation.—
Carol Eustice,
Verywell Health,
18 Aug. 2025
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The alleged credit card fraudster had secreted himself away in the mice mascot’s costume, to no avail.—
Pat Beall,
The Orlando Sentinel,
10 Aug. 2025
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While the raid inadvertently unearthed the Ohtani-Mizuhara ordeal, the mushrooming scandal obscured a more complex, far-reaching, and ongoing drama.—
DAVID AMSDEN,
Rolling Stone,
29 Aug. 2025
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University students have become savvy at using and obscuring their ChatGPT use.—
Joelle Renstrom
August 28,
Literary Hub,
28 Aug. 2025
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For instance, astronomers have seen stars that have been stripped of their hydrogen layer, but are still cloaked in helium, carbon and oxygen.—
Ashley Strickland,
CNN Money,
22 Aug. 2025
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In Kentucky, where blackberries are the state fruit, a thick layer of jam is spread between the spice cake layers before everything is cloaked top to bottom in caramel icing.—
Anne Byrn,
Southern Living,
26 July 2025
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“Hold (in).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hold%20%28in%29. Accessed 2 Sep. 2025.
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