1
as in holding on
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as in signing (up or on)
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for keeping (on)
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Meanwhile, her hair was trimmed in a shaggy pixie cut; the front just barely holding on to the top of her forehead.—
Kaleigh Werner,
Footwear News,
26 Sep. 2025 -
Investors have been holding on to their shares with few willing to sell, according to a private share placement agent, who requested anonymity for privacy concerns.—
Evelyn Cheng,Anniek Bao,
CNBC,
19 Sep. 2025
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Servers running on motherboards sold by Supermicro contain high-severity vulnerabilities that can allow hackers to remotely install malicious firmware that runs even before the operating system, making infections impossible to detect or remove without unusual protections in place.—
Dan Goodin,
ArsTechnica,
24 Sep. 2025
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The 14-year-old was one of many in a crowd of people who were walking or running on Happy Valley Road as Speed, as he is also known, left the meetup.—
Shannon Tyler,
Idaho Statesman,
24 Sep. 2025
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This is particularly true now that Middleton is back to taking on more engagements after her cancer.—
Lizzie Lanuza,
StyleCaster,
24 Sep. 2025
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In Wired, Kate Knibbs profiles Abughazaleh and her campaign strategy of taking on Republicans in person, with uncompromising rhetoric.—
David Weigel,
semafor.com,
24 Sep. 2025
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Many financial groups continue to report that spending is largely holding up.—
Rob Wile,
NBC news,
16 Sep. 2025
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This opens up numerous applications, Ibrahim says, proudly holding up a vial of the yellow-brown slush in the lab.—
Sandy Ong,
JSTOR Daily,
11 Sep. 2025
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After that, my goal is to relocate to a bigger city (London/Shanghai) to expand my commercial and personal practice while continuing this body of work.—
Caterina De Biasio,
Vogue,
24 Sep. 2025
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Hilaria Baldwin and Gleb Savchenko were declared safe, continuing their journey toward the Mirrorball Trophy.—
Amanda Castro,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 Sep. 2025
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Soros makes a fortune on Wall Street Soros, a Hungarian native born in 1930, moved to London after surviving the Nazi occupation of his home country.—
Auzinea Bacon,
CNN Money,
28 Sep. 2025
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The service was held at Elvis Presley’s Tennessee home Graceland, and Garcia was joined by his mother and Lisa Marie’s surviving children.—
Stephanie Kaloi,
PEOPLE,
28 Sep. 2025
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And with the Detroit Lions already in the middle of their season, and with the Detroit Red Wings and Detroit Pistons kicking things off soon, we were left wondering one question.—
Christian Romo,
Freep.com,
24 Sep. 2025
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One of the defendants was accused of kicking and tripping an ICE official to stop him from chasing a group that had drawn graffiti on the building.—
Harrison Mantas,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
24 Sep. 2025
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“Keeping (on).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/keeping%20%28on%29. Accessed 30 Sep. 2025.
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