hold together

phrasal verb

held together; holding together; holds together

: to stay joined together or in one piece

The empire held together for many decades.

: to cause (something) to stay joined together or in one piece

The coach hopes to hold the team together for at least one more season.

The box was held together by a strong glue.

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But the galaxy is full of 2,000 globular clusters, or groups of hundreds of thousands of old stars gravitationally held together, providing the perfect place for astronomers to conduct comparison studies of stars that are the same age but differ in mass and other aspects. —

Ashley Strickland, CNN, 2 Dec. 2024 The powder has a hexagonal structure made of carbon and nitrogen, held together by covalent bonds—some of the strongest bonds in chemistry. —

Rudy Molinek, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 Nov. 2024 Live sports have been one of the last pieces of appointment viewing holding together traditional pay-TV bundles, meaning media companies have been willing to pay a premium for the rights. —

Jake Piazza, CNBC, 20 Nov. 2024 Contrary to modern understanding, the United States is designed to be just that: a group of states – mostly independent jurisdictions held together by a federal government with limited powers. —

Edan Yago, Forbes, 6 Nov. 2024 See all Example Sentences for hold together

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