holds (in)

present tense third-person singular of hold (in)

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for holds (in)
Verb
  • But this boom masks a deep divide.
    Erin Hogeboom, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Oct. 2025
  • Nishijima brings his characteristic intensity to Kenji, a man whose academic arrogance masks deep insecurity and desperation.
    Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 22 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Incarceration often hides in plain sight.
    PhotoVogue, Vogue, 25 Oct. 2025
  • The scene from Badlands hangs over the songwriting like a dark cloud; Spacek’s bedroom in the scene looks quite a bit like the bedroom in which the young Springsteen hides from his own angry father.
    Sadie Sartini Garner, Pitchfork, 24 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The extra fat tissue secretes more estrogen in the body, which can help cancer cells grow and multiply.
    Jocelyn Solis-Moreira, Flow Space, 27 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Such mismatched windows can be a sign that an interior wall conceals unused space or that a room has been sealed off during renovations.
    Soo Kim, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 Oct. 2025
  • Thick and fast-growing, the greenery conceals a chain-link fence that helps with crowd control between the stands and field.
    Cameron Beall, Southern Living, 18 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • But in a market where definitional confusion obscures risk and competitive tensions drive narratives, distinguishing signal from noise is increasingly critical and difficult.
    Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 20 Oct. 2025
  • China, by contrast, communicates through political rhetoric that obscures bureaucratic intent.
    Lizzi C. Lee, Time, 17 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • But this is a production that tends to let the eye wander toward a horizon line, and which cloaks its actors, in Adam Honoré and Donald Holder’s lighting design, in shades of purple and orange as their voices echo across the stage.
    Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 16 Oct. 2025
  • The new Crystalium edition cloaks that signature architecture in a black DLC case while layering in high craft.
    Thor Svaboe, Robb Report, 9 Sep. 2025
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“Holds (in).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/holds%20%28in%29. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.

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