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as in owners
one who has a legal or rightful claim to ownership
the holders of the land gave us permission to camp on it
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as in containers
something into which a liquid or smaller objects can be put for storage or transportation
her hat made a good holder for the shells she collected on the beach
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Recent Examples of holders
Business Platinum Card holders will also access new hotel benefits and tech credits.
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Ben Kelly, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Oct. 2025
Estates and families push back Following public criticism, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman announced that rights holders will soon need to opt in for AI likeness use rather than being included by default.
—Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 17 Oct. 2025
In the days after the Sora app was released, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman announced changes to the app providing rights holders the ability to opt into their likenesses being depicted by AI, rather than such portrayals being allowed by default.
—Bobby Allyn, NPR, 17 Oct. 2025
Early bird ticket holders can participate in a Halloween costume party and trick-or-treat for the kids.
—John Metcalfe, Mercury News, 16 Oct. 2025
The company also partnered with Chase to offer a complimentary subscription to Apple TV for its Sapphire Reserve credit card holders.
—Alex Weprin, HollywoodReporter, 16 Oct. 2025
Meanwhile, Singapore’s passport – recently ranked the most powerful out of 199 – offers its holders access to 193 destinations.
—Kathleen Wong, USA Today, 15 Oct. 2025
Other app users could license these likenesses in small, trackable uses, adhering to rules set by rights holders (no nudity, for example) and paying them for each use.
—Deni Ellis Béchard, Scientific American, 15 Oct. 2025
Most credit card holders — 83% — who asked for a lower rate in the past year received one, according to a recent LendingTree survey.
—Sharon Epperson, CNBC, 10 Oct. 2025
Ben Kelly, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Oct. 2025
Estates and families push back Following public criticism, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman announced that rights holders will soon need to opt in for AI likeness use rather than being included by default.
—Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 17 Oct. 2025
In the days after the Sora app was released, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman announced changes to the app providing rights holders the ability to opt into their likenesses being depicted by AI, rather than such portrayals being allowed by default.
—Bobby Allyn, NPR, 17 Oct. 2025
Early bird ticket holders can participate in a Halloween costume party and trick-or-treat for the kids.
—John Metcalfe, Mercury News, 16 Oct. 2025
The company also partnered with Chase to offer a complimentary subscription to Apple TV for its Sapphire Reserve credit card holders.
—Alex Weprin, HollywoodReporter, 16 Oct. 2025
Meanwhile, Singapore’s passport – recently ranked the most powerful out of 199 – offers its holders access to 193 destinations.
—Kathleen Wong, USA Today, 15 Oct. 2025
Other app users could license these likenesses in small, trackable uses, adhering to rules set by rights holders (no nudity, for example) and paying them for each use.
—Deni Ellis Béchard, Scientific American, 15 Oct. 2025
Most credit card holders — 83% — who asked for a lower rate in the past year received one, according to a recent LendingTree survey.
—Sharon Epperson, CNBC, 10 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for holders
Noun
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In August, a mountain lion walked into a California home after the owners accidentally left the door open.—
Kelli Bender,
PEOPLE,
21 Oct. 2025
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Club owners are kind of sitting ducks.—
Keith Sharon,
Nashville Tennessean,
21 Oct. 2025
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For safe transport, place gas containers in the open air, such as a truck bed or trailer.—
Kamron Sanders,
Better Homes & Gardens,
19 Oct. 2025
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Half-gallon containers labeled as Vanilla Ice Cream actually contain Publix Rich & Creamy French Vanilla Ice Cream with mismatched French Vanilla container lids.—
Adeola Adeosun,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Coffee shops in Jimbōchō are mostly the old-school variety called kissa, with hands-on proprietors marrying classic pour-overs with a niche interest.—
Jessica Kozuka,
Travel + Leisure,
6 Oct. 2025
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New instructions on the draft form clarify that sole proprietors of businesses must use their Social Security number and disregarded entities must use the owner’s taxpayer identification number.—
Danielle Chemtob,
Forbes.com,
19 Sep. 2025
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“Holders.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/holders. Accessed 23 Oct. 2025.
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