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verb

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Recent Examples of holdback
Noun
However, the main holdback of the team making this kind of pick is one of their other needs directly relates to how good of a pick Boise State product could be. Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 22 Mar. 2025 And there could have been some holdback. Sharyl Attkisson, Baltimore Sun, 14 Mar. 2025
Verb
Luque agrees that the entryway isn’t the time to hold back. Amanda Sims, Architectural Digest, 21 Oct. 2025 The Red Sox have always ranked among the league’s heavyweights in terms of financial resources, but throughout the club’s recent five-year rebuild, ownership seemed content to hold back. Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 21 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for holdback
Recent Examples of Synonyms for holdback
Noun
  • What To Know Propel surveyed 2,463 active SNAP users between October 20 and 21, 2025, to assess how a potential delay in SNAP payments would impact them.
    Aliss Higham, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Oct. 2025
  • On Friday evening, airports in Phoenix, Houston and San Diego were reporting delays because of staffing issues, and the Federal Aviation Administration warned that staffing problems were also possible at airports in the New York area, Dallas and Philadelphia.
    Preston Fore, Fortune, 25 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Shiffrin doesn't view this as an obstacle either, nor something to fear at this stage of the game.
    Skyler Caruso, PEOPLE, 27 Oct. 2025
  • Minister Kabawat’s optimism comes despite immense obstacles.
    Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 27 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Laboratory testing capacities at the CDC and expert guidance to analyze local trends may also be hampered during the shutdown, experts say.
    Deidre McPhillips, CNN Money, 22 Oct. 2025
  • Maintain a safe distance from large vehicles - Trucks or buses can produce a water spray that hampers visibility.
    CA Weather Bot, Sacbee.com, 22 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The objection was to stay compact in central areas, as well as stifling any passes into Gravenberch, who is crucial to Liverpool’s early build-up.
    The Athletic UK Staff, New York Times, 25 Oct. 2025
  • Maricopa County Attorney Rachel Mitchell, the region's top prosecutor, is seeking to overturn a law that protects the public from lawsuits that stifle civic participation.
    Taylor Seely, AZCentral.com, 24 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • After a two-hour wait, Wanda Bright had finally reached the front of the line — just as the first batch of supplies ran out.
    Jenny Abamu, NPR, 24 Oct. 2025
  • There are nationwide nurse shortages, declining numbers of primary care providers, overflowing hospitals, and ever-increasing ER wait times.
    Dr. Bryce Pulliam, Time, 24 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Shooting presented unique logistical hurdles, with different sequences filmed across multiple golf courses around Manila’s peripheries due to restrictions.
    Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 27 Oct. 2025
  • But economists warned Argentina’s assets — and the US government’s bet on Milei’s success — still face hurdles.
    John Towfighi, CNN Money, 27 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Six citizens were arrested for impeding and threatening to kill agents.
    Rachel Wolf, FOXNews.com, 25 Oct. 2025
  • Martinez has pleaded not guilty to a charge of assaulting, resisting, and impeding officers.
    Eric Levenson, CNN Money, 25 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • That hearing was expected to include Mitchell and her top prosecutors taking the stand to defend their decisions and prove that charging the protesters was not meant to suppress their viewpoints.
    Taylor Seely, AZCentral.com, 24 Oct. 2025
  • Most of us are socialized not just to suck it up, never to cry or show emotions, but also to suppress, go silent, hide, run away, act as if there is no agony.
    Kevin Powell, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Oct. 2025

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“Holdback.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/holdback. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.

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