as in possession
transportable items that one owns
the museum's holdings of ancient manuscripts are among the rarest in the world
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Recent Examples of holdings
Critics argue a merger could give Paris an indirect route into one of Italy's most strategically important financial institutions, raising concerns over the future control of MPS's vast holdings.
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Anna Matranga, CBS News, 9 June 2026
Strategy sits alongside a small group of larger bitcoin treasury companies, such as Twenty One and Strive, that continue to trade with a sustained premium to their bitcoin holdings.
—Tanaya MacHeel, CNBC, 9 June 2026
Roughly one-third of tech sector earnings derive from cross-holdings in companies such as the ones hoping to IPO, such as Alphabet’s holding in Anthropic.
—Jim Edwards, Fortune, 9 June 2026
The eight-month malaise since bitcoin’s last record high has pushed some investors to sell their holdings, while others are reassessing the role crypto can play in a portfolio.
—John Towfighi, CNN Money, 9 June 2026
The candidates also piled on Steyer for his past investments in fossil fuels and private prisons, and for his current holdings in offshore private equity funds, accusing him of trying to buy his way into office.
—Lia Russell, Sacbee.com, 3 June 2026
The Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen in Rotterdam has responded to an article by the Dutch media NRC alleging the institution has blocked independent provenance research into the Koenigs collection in its holdings.
—Devorah Lauter, ARTnews.com, 2 June 2026
Anna Matranga, CBS News, 9 June 2026
Strategy sits alongside a small group of larger bitcoin treasury companies, such as Twenty One and Strive, that continue to trade with a sustained premium to their bitcoin holdings.
—Tanaya MacHeel, CNBC, 9 June 2026
Roughly one-third of tech sector earnings derive from cross-holdings in companies such as the ones hoping to IPO, such as Alphabet’s holding in Anthropic.
—Jim Edwards, Fortune, 9 June 2026
The eight-month malaise since bitcoin’s last record high has pushed some investors to sell their holdings, while others are reassessing the role crypto can play in a portfolio.
—John Towfighi, CNN Money, 9 June 2026
The candidates also piled on Steyer for his past investments in fossil fuels and private prisons, and for his current holdings in offshore private equity funds, accusing him of trying to buy his way into office.
—Lia Russell, Sacbee.com, 3 June 2026
The Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen in Rotterdam has responded to an article by the Dutch media NRC alleging the institution has blocked independent provenance research into the Koenigs collection in its holdings.
—Devorah Lauter, ARTnews.com, 2 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for holdings
Noun
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Portland also dominated on the boards to get extra possessions.—
Marisa Ingemi,
Los Angeles Times,
8 June 2026
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Bruno Fernandes pulls the strings in the final third with the precision of his right foot, Paris Saint-Germain star Vitinha is essential in speeding up circulation in midfield and maintaining possession, and Bernardo Silva is decisive from the right wing, often popping up in unexpected spaces.—
Esteban Campanela,
CNN Money,
7 June 2026
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Cars packed with mattresses, luggage and household belongings stretched for kilometers along Lebanon’s coastal highway, as residents fled Tyre following the latest Israeli warning.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
9 June 2026
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The bottom line Cleaning your pet’s belongings, grooming them and refilling their preventatives will help keep them safe during the summer.—
Amy DeYoung,
USA Today,
9 June 2026
Noun
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My defense and my rebounding are two things that are extremely, extremely important to me.—
Nathan Canilao,
Mercury News,
10 June 2026
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In my fiction, my grandfather was no longer an inscrutable ghost, but a character with definable flaws, who did things in an order that, despite whatever twists and subversions, resolved into meaning.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
10 June 2026
Noun
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That's the stuff that fuels me, that's what keeps me up at night and excited for the next day.—
Nathan Diller,
USA Today,
7 June 2026
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The contractor hasn't signed off on final stuff.—
Nick Lentz,
CBS News,
6 June 2026
Cite this Entry
“Holdings.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/holdings. Accessed 11 Jun. 2026.
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