Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hold (in)
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The ancient springhead, natural waterpark, and retro roadside attraction has more than a few secrets hidden in its eelgrass.—
Kelsey Glennon,
Southern Living,
22 Mar. 2025 -
That event presented an opportunity that was too good to pass up: the chance to explore the seafloor below the iceberg’s original location—like overturning a rock or log in the woods to see what creatures lie hidden underneath.—
Ashley Balzer Vigil,
Scientific American,
21 Mar. 2025
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She’s convicted of conspiring to defraud the U.S. government by concealing undeclared foreign accounts, filing false tax returns and evading taxes over a decade, according to a plea agreement with the Justice Department.—
Jay Weaver,
Miami Herald,
11 Mar. 2025
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Dark Empaths can grasp the subtleties of human behavior and use that insight to conceal their shortcomings behind a brash level of confidence.—
Dan Pontefract,
Forbes,
11 Mar. 2025
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Leaving a natural finish, this cream features hyaluronic acid, niacinamide, and vitamin E to veil the look of acne scarring, wrinkles, redness, pores, and discoloration with ease.—
Kiana Murden,
Vogue,
10 Mar. 2025
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Politics & History The Power of the Veil for Spanish Women In sixteenth-century Spain, veiling allowed women to move freely through cities while keeping their identities private.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
6 Mar. 2025
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Unless otherwise specified by the instructions on your liquid masking product, let the paint dry before attempting to remove the liquid masking tape.—
Kamron Sanders,
Better Homes & Gardens,
15 Mar. 2025
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The apparent bustle, though, masks a struggling economy.—
Vivian Wang,
New York Times,
13 Mar. 2025
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But the science of menopause is considerably more recent, dating to the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, when physicians in Europe began to research the effects of chemicals secreted by the body which control reproduction.—
Rebecca Mead,
The New Yorker,
3 Mar. 2025
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Some ants secrete antibiotics for their nest mates with injuries.—
Sara Hashemi,
Smithsonian Magazine,
24 Feb. 2025
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But all of this noise obscures the simple way to synthesize all of this: Less is better.—
Dylan Scott,
Vox,
14 Mar. 2025
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From Blue Ghost’s landing site in the Sea of Crises (close to the Sea of Tranquility, where Apollo 11 landed in 1969), totality — when Earth will completely obscure the sun as seen from the moon — will start at 1:18 a.m.—
Jamie Carter,
Forbes,
13 Mar. 2025
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Lopez and the co-sponsors want to cloak themselves in moral superiority and call it a day.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
11 Mar. 2025
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There was also a third kind of language used to cloak the horrors of the famine: an accusatory rage against the British authorities who had failed to prevent it.—
Fintan O'Toole,
The New Yorker,
10 Mar. 2025
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“Hold (in).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hold%20%28in%29. Accessed 25 Mar. 2025.
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