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 chamber held over 80 events and brought together more than 3,500 business leaders in 2024.
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Kate Marijolovic, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 12 Mar. 2025
This year, the festival’s biggest event, the Grand Tasting, will be held over two days, with a trade-only tasting on Saturday and a public tasting on Sunday.
—Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 20 Feb. 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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Kate Marijolovic, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 12 Mar. 2025
This year, the festival’s biggest event, the Grand Tasting, will be held over two days, with a trade-only tasting on Saturday and a public tasting on Sunday.
—Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 20 Feb. 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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She’s now been forced to postpone more shows and cancel outright festival appearances in Mexico and California.—
Matthew Strauss,
Pitchfork,
5 Apr. 2025
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The prospect of continued rain Saturday morning was enough to lead to organizers of the Bentonville Half Marathon to postpone the event, which was originally scheduled for 7 a.m. Saturday.—
NWA Democrat-Gazette,
Arkansas Online,
4 Apr. 2025
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Arkansas established a school scoring record for a three-game series, averaging 17 runs in the seven-inning games — the first via run rule on Saturday, the next two on Sunday shortened after weather delayed the series — against the Tigers, who averaged three runs per game.—
Tom Murphy,
Arkansas Online,
8 Apr. 2025
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China’s chief antitrust regulator is currently reviewing the BlackRock-Hutchison deal, effectively delaying the transaction before it was expected to be signed on April 2.—
Glenn Taylor,
Sourcing Journal,
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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Shohei Ohtani’s 10-year, $700 million contract with the Los Angeles Dodgers is massively deferred, lowering its present value to $460.8 million, according to Major League Baseball’s calculations.—
Ken Rosenthal,
New York Times,
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 15 Apr. 2025.
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