as in to limit
to set bounds or an upper limit for
efforts to hold down taxes keep running up against the legislature's ingrained unwillingness to cut spending
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Recent Examples of hold down
Orianna Rosa Royle, Fortune, 1 Nov. 2024
Pretrial release allows people to hold down jobs and care for their families instead of awaiting trial in jail.
—Matthew Ormseth, Los Angeles Times, 1 Nov. 2024
Stephen Clark, Ars Technica, 18 Nov. 2023
If the hold-down clamp is not tightened properly, the battery could move, allowing the positive terminal to contact the clamp and short circuit, increasing the risk of a fire, the company said.
—CBS News, 1 Nov. 2023
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America’s employers added just 12,000 jobs in October, a total that economists say was held down by the effects of strikes and hurricanes that left many workers temporarily off payrolls.
—Orianna Rosa Royle, Fortune, 1 Nov. 2024
Pretrial release allows people to hold down jobs and care for their families instead of awaiting trial in jail.
—Matthew Ormseth, Los Angeles Times, 1 Nov. 2024
Noun
SpaceX tested the water deluge system several times since April, including on a pair of hold-down engine tests with the Super Heavy booster in August.
—Stephen Clark, Ars Technica, 18 Nov. 2023
If the hold-down clamp is not tightened properly, the battery could move, allowing the positive terminal to contact the clamp and short circuit, increasing the risk of a fire, the company said.
—CBS News, 1 Nov. 2023
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What is more, events since the publication of Spencer’s article cast further doubt on the idea that Israel’s goals are limited to defeating Hamas and retrieving the hostages.John Spencer, Foreign Affairs, 18 Nov. 2024
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Another rumor was that FEMA was limiting financial assistance for disaster survivors to $750 and that recipients would eventually have to repay those funds or risk losing their homes.Jess Craig, Vox, 17 Nov. 2024
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Another uncalled measure, Proposition 34, which aims to restrict how much some health care providers can spend on political campaigns, trailed with 49.1% support.Ethan Varian, The Mercury News, 11 Nov. 2024
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Although the Supreme Court dismissed a case in June that sought to restrict access to mifepristone, the attorneys general of Idaho, Kansas and Missouri filed a similar suit last month.Randi Richardson, NBC News, 7 Nov. 2024
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In his first term, Trump jettisoned traditional norms around presidents walling off their personal interests and instead retained his business holdings — including a Washington, D.C., hotel where foreign leaders booked rooms.David Ingram, NBC News, 5 Nov. 2024
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In the three months ending on Sept. 30, Berkshire shed roughly a quarter of its remaining stake in Apple to $69.9 billion — the fourth consecutive quarter of cuts to its holdings of the iPhone maker.Rocio Fabbro, Quartz, 5 Nov. 2024
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The proposal was, in fact, a calculated business maneuver designed to bring in billions of dollars in new revenue, box competitors out of lucrative government contracts and tighten the company’s grip on federal business.Renee Dudley, ProPublica, 15 Nov. 2024
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In recent days, the race between Trump and Harris has seemingly tightened as betting markets – which previously showed Trump as favorite – narrowed, and with pollsters describing it as a 50-50 toss up.John Hyatt, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
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Peyton Watson contested one of them to give Denver (7-3) a chance to break the tie.Bennett Durando, The Denver Post, 10 Nov. 2024
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Beyoncé topped out with 11 nominations, a new record for her (and breaking her out of a tie with husband Jay-Z for the most Grammy nods ever, at 99).Justin Curto, Vulture, 8 Nov. 2024
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So many of these are small, rural counties with blue collar populations.NBC News, NBC News, 10 Nov. 2024
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Joining Beverly Hills and Coronado in rebelling against state housing rules: this blue collar city.Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 3 Nov. 2024
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“Hold down.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hold%20down. Accessed 23 Nov. 2024.
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