holding (in)

verb

Definition of holding (in)next
present participle of hold (in)
as in hiding

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for holding (in)
  1. hiding
  2. masking
  3. obscuring
  4. restricting
  5. limiting
Verb
  • Damage to churches and mosques Israel accuses Hezbollah of hiding weapons and fighters in religious and cultural sites.
    Lauren Frayer, NPR, 23 Dec. 2024
  • Damage to churches and mosques Israel accuses Hezbollah of hiding weapons and fighters in religious and cultural sites.
    Lauren Frayer, NPR, 23 Dec. 2024
Definition of hiding
Verb
  • This would have reset the age of lunar rocks, masking the moon's true age.
    Charles Q. Choi, Space.com, 18 Dec. 2024
  • In addition to masking submarine signatures, navies could make greater use of inexpensive underwater drones, or uncrewed underwater vehicles.
    IEEE Spectrum, IEEE Spectrum, 16 Dec. 2024
Definition of masking
Verb
  • He was known for wearing balaclava and sunglasses in photographs, fully obscuring his face.
    Caroline Frost, Deadline, 22 Dec. 2024
  • The dizzying pace of events since the collapse of Syria’s dictatorship, including daily revelations of its brutality leavened by inspiring images of celebration, has risked obscuring the single most important aspect of President Bashar al-Assad’s demise.
    Ned Temko, The Christian Science Monitor, 19 Dec. 2024
Definition of obscuring
Verb
  • Further restricting sideloading, perhaps more than anything else, is the game-changer here.
    Zak Doffman, Forbes, 24 Dec. 2024
  • To fix this, organizations must classify and manage sensitive data across their environments, restricting AI agents’ access to only what’s necessary.
    Rich Vibert, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
Definition of restricting
Verb
  • The change, while also limiting the game’s potential reach, also resulted in the game getting delisted from stores in certain countries.
    Scott Robertson, Rolling Stone, 24 Dec. 2024
  • And Iran’s economy is far less robust today than when Tehran first intervened in Syria in 2011, limiting its capacity to sustain another costly external engagement.
    Hamidreza Azizi, Foreign Affairs, 23 Dec. 2024
Definition of limiting
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Thesaurus Entries Near holding (in)

holding forth

holding (in)

holding off

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