as in postponing
to assign to a later time
the golf tournament had to be held over until the line of thunderstorms had passed through
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Recent Examples of holding over
Landa worked with the Association to get the original project approved in 2017 after holding over 30 public meetings.
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Karen Billing,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
9 June 2026
And moviegoers turned out to indies from Rosemead to The Chronology of Water, All That’s Left Of You and more, new and holding over, limited, wide and top ten.
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Jill Goldsmith,
Deadline,
11 Jan. 2026
MicroStrategy remains the leader among corporate crypto treasuries, holding over 638,000 bitcoins valued at an astonishing $71 billion.
—
Trefis Team,
Forbes.com,
19 Sep. 2025
Karen Billing,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
9 June 2026
And moviegoers turned out to indies from Rosemead to The Chronology of Water, All That’s Left Of You and more, new and holding over, limited, wide and top ten.
—
Jill Goldsmith,
Deadline,
11 Jan. 2026
MicroStrategy remains the leader among corporate crypto treasuries, holding over 638,000 bitcoins valued at an astonishing $71 billion.
—
Trefis Team,
Forbes.com,
19 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for holding over
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Consider postponing boating activities on the lake until a day with less wind.
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Those who keep postponing the conversation risk leaving their heirs not a fortune but a locked archive whose contents can only be guessed at.
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The company is a major investor in OpenAI, the maker of ChatGPT, and a report in The New York Times suggested OpenAI is considering delaying an initial public offering of its stock to next year from the second half of this year.
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The company is a major investor in OpenAI, the maker of ChatGPT, and a report in The New York Times suggested OpenAI is considering delaying an initial public offering of its stock to next year from the second half of this year.
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History is replete with wars that end in interim agreements, deferring difficult issues to future negotiations, only for the interim arrangement to become permanent.
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The county’s cost-saving measures include eliminating vacant positions, cutting programs, deferring maintenance projects, increasing revenue and implementing layoffs.
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But be careful about putting off work for too long.
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While delaying care may seem like a practical way to manage vet costs in the short term, putting off treatment can sometimes create larger financial and medical challenges in the future.
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“Holding over.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/holding%20over. Accessed 29 Jun. 2026.
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