Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hold (in)
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At 19, Johnson married his wife Daphne and initially, was able to hide his drug use from her, the Johnson's clemency petition said.—
Greta Cross,
USA Today,
22 May 2025 -
Enhanced measurement capabilities: Amazon continues investing in Amazon Marketing Cloud with new UI templates and simplified queries, suggesting a commitment to transparency rather than hiding attribution.—
Kiri Masters,
Forbes.com,
21 May 2025
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According to dark money hawks, this pass-through funding tactic allows Qatar to conceal state backing as private sector contributions.—
Mia Cathell,
The Washington Examiner,
13 May 2025
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Johnson claimed that Combs’ team went to extreme lengths to conceal the video, alleging that Florez was offered $100,000 to keep the footage a secret.—
Jason Pham,
StyleCaster,
13 May 2025
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Halle Berry Halle Berry shows off her skin in a striped see-through gown, plus a Jennifer Behr veiled fascinator.—
Brendan Le,
People.com,
6 May 2025
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There were veiled references to the American positions throughout the conference, though delegates were reluctant to openly criticize the U.S. Later, U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer spoke of the futility of seeking to turn the clock back to a world that no longer exists.—
Christine Ro,
Forbes.com,
25 Apr. 2025
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For decades, Combs masked himself as a wealthy music mogul who liked to throw lavish parties and surround himself with women.—
Bridgette Carr,
New York Daily News,
16 May 2025
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The electrifying offense has masked injuries to their starting pitchers, but the bullpen has been a serious issue early in the season.—
Hunter Mulholland,
MSNBC Newsweek,
15 May 2025
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Astrocytes secrete hevin, a type of protein that helps regulate how synapses form and function by influencing how neurons interact with one another.—
Paul McClure
May 14,
New Atlas,
14 May 2025
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The tree secretes gum arabic—a tasteless, nontoxic, pale-white or orange-brown sap that may be harvested at the end of the rainy season in sub-Saharan Africa.—
Erik Zou,
JSTOR Daily,
25 Apr. 2025
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Again the water spray obscured what happened there just before the twister lost its power.—
Miami Herald Archives,
Miami Herald,
10 May 2025
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Derrick White and Jrue Holiday were almost good enough to obscure the absence of Brown and Tatum in the game’s final 20 minutes.—
Bill Speros,
Boston Herald,
7 May 2025
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This training results in an end-product that sounds like highly intelligent answers cloaked in perfect conversational text.—
Virginia La Torre Jeker,
Forbes.com,
11 May 2025
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The business of sports often is cloaked in secrecy.—
Bill Shaikin,
Los Angeles Times,
8 May 2025
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“Hold (in).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hold%20%28in%29. Accessed 25 May. 2025.
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