as in to postpone
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 hold over
The company also carries zero debt and holds over $2 billion in cash reserves—a level of financial health most restaurants can only dream of.
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Stephanie Gravalese, Forbes.com, 27 Mar. 2025
The bigger problem for a lot of Liverpool supporters in terms of tickets is getting hold of one, even with the stadium now holding over 60,000.
—Gregg Evans, New York Times, 26 Mar. 2025
But for now, Denver will go forward in this game and try to secure a hold over the Lakers.
—Mark Davis, Newsweek, 15 Mar. 2025
The garden stretches across 52 acres and holds over 14,000 types of plants.
—Nicole Kliest, Vogue, 14 Mar. 2025
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Stephanie Gravalese, Forbes.com, 27 Mar. 2025
The bigger problem for a lot of Liverpool supporters in terms of tickets is getting hold of one, even with the stadium now holding over 60,000.
—Gregg Evans, New York Times, 26 Mar. 2025
But for now, Denver will go forward in this game and try to secure a hold over the Lakers.
—Mark Davis, Newsweek, 15 Mar. 2025
The garden stretches across 52 acres and holds over 14,000 types of plants.
—Nicole Kliest, Vogue, 14 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hold over
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Their trial, originally set for next week, has been postponed until July.—
Andrea Tinianow,
Forbes.com,
10 Apr. 2025
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The King and Queen were due to meet with Pope Francis as part of their Italian tour, however, Buckingham Palace announced on March 25 that the meeting had been postponed by mutual agreement due to the Catholic leader’s ongoing health concerns.—
Alina Trabattoni,
People.com,
9 Apr. 2025
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The deadline has been pushed several times to provide people more opportunities to get the card, and then subsequently delayed through COVID.—
Michael Cappetta,
Travel + Leisure,
8 Apr. 2025
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However, the brothers will still have a resentencing hearing soon, provided it does not get delayed again.—
Kate Nalepinski,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 Apr. 2025
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Jeenah Moon | Bloomberg | Getty Images Delta Air Lines CEO Ed Bastian said the carrier will defer deliveries of new aircraft if they are hit with tariffs.—
Dan Mangan,Kevin Breuninger,Jeff Cox,Christina Wilkie,Erin Doherty,Ruxandra Iordache,
CNBC,
9 Apr. 2025
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Beyond the Status Quo: Rebuilding Strategic Autonomy For decades, both major political parties have deferred substantive structural reform.—
Joel Shulman,
Forbes.com,
7 Apr. 2025
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Lynch could return to challenge or put over someone for the U.S. title.—
Brian Mazique,
Forbes.com,
3 Apr. 2025
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Because his drug was a gene therapy, public grant money and private philanthropy played an especially central role, with the National Institutes of Health alone putting over $450 million into science related to SMA.—
Robin Fields,
CNN,
17 Feb. 2025
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“Hold over.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hold%20over. Accessed 19 Apr. 2025.
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