as in postpones
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 holds over
The gala’s funds support acquisitions of garments and accessories, but also the institute’s reference library, which holds over 800 periodicals and 1,500 designer files pertaining to the history of fashion and clothing, dating back to the sixteenth century.
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Rachel Tashjian, CNN Money, 1 May 2026
The financial newspaper Il Sole 24 Ore even recently reported that one in 12 Milan residents holds over $1 million in liquid assets, placing Milan among the highest concentrations of wealth in the world.
—Laura May Todd, Architectural Digest, 14 Apr. 2026
Glasgow brings years of executive experience at companies like Meta and Google and holds over 50 issued or pending patents in areas like search, data mining, and commerce.
—Julia Black, Vanity Fair, 10 Mar. 2026
More crucially for the island's future is that Cuba’s private sector has also relentlessly eroded the control that Cuba’s military conglomerate GAESA holds over the country’s economy.
—Nora Gámez Torres, Miami Herald, 25 Feb. 2026
Releasing that control can soften the tendency to internalize life’s unpredictability as a personal failure, Jacobsen says—and also weaken the power that anxiety in your 30s holds over you.
—Jenna Ryu, SELF, 20 Feb. 2026
The permanent collection holds over 20,000 pieces of art that span ancient classical art to the present day.
—Joey Skladany, Travel + Leisure, 1 Feb. 2026
If his former reticence holds over the next week, the Bulls could end February on a quiet note once again.
—Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 30 Jan. 2026
By comparison, the federal Bureau of Prisons currently holds over 153,000 inmates.
—Bill Chappell, NPR, 21 Jan. 2026
Rachel Tashjian, CNN Money, 1 May 2026
The financial newspaper Il Sole 24 Ore even recently reported that one in 12 Milan residents holds over $1 million in liquid assets, placing Milan among the highest concentrations of wealth in the world.
—Laura May Todd, Architectural Digest, 14 Apr. 2026
Glasgow brings years of executive experience at companies like Meta and Google and holds over 50 issued or pending patents in areas like search, data mining, and commerce.
—Julia Black, Vanity Fair, 10 Mar. 2026
More crucially for the island's future is that Cuba’s private sector has also relentlessly eroded the control that Cuba’s military conglomerate GAESA holds over the country’s economy.
—Nora Gámez Torres, Miami Herald, 25 Feb. 2026
Releasing that control can soften the tendency to internalize life’s unpredictability as a personal failure, Jacobsen says—and also weaken the power that anxiety in your 30s holds over you.
—Jenna Ryu, SELF, 20 Feb. 2026
The permanent collection holds over 20,000 pieces of art that span ancient classical art to the present day.
—Joey Skladany, Travel + Leisure, 1 Feb. 2026
If his former reticence holds over the next week, the Bulls could end February on a quiet note once again.
—Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 30 Jan. 2026
By comparison, the federal Bureau of Prisons currently holds over 153,000 inmates.
—Bill Chappell, NPR, 21 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for holds over
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The Defense secretary said the ceasefire postpones the deadline for securing such approval.—
Ben Finley,
Los Angeles Times,
30 Apr. 2026
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This is equally true of society, and disregarding this truth only postpones the moment of reckoning.—
Alec Nevala-Lee,
The Atlantic,
23 Apr. 2026
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As climate change delays the first winter frosts across much of North America, summer ragweed also keeps flowering longer, extending the latter part of pollen season into the fall, said David Wees, a faculty lecturer in horticulture at McGill University in Montreal.—
Keerti Gopal,
ArsTechnica,
8 May 2026
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Copy-on-write is an optimization technique where a system delays making a separate copy of data until it is actually changed.—
Encyclopedia Britannica,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
8 May 2026
Verb
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Postponing elections thus also defers possibilities for political transformation.—
Jasmin Lilian Diab,
The Conversation,
5 Apr. 2026
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Depending on how long the renter defers part of the payment, Livble’s fees can translate into effective annual percentage rates of roughly 104% to 139%.—
Ken Sweet,
Fortune,
4 Feb. 2026
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