holdout
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Apple normally prefers to use its own processors wherever possible and has been a notable holdout against the wave of investment in AI infrastructure that has made Nvidia’s the world’s largest company.
From Barron's ● Jun. 9, 2026
Another holdout has been General Motors, the U.S.’s largest automaker by volume.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 3, 2026
That disloyal, greedy kid at the center of college football’s first apparent holdout?
From Los Angeles Times ● May 1, 2026
The holdout union, Local 99 of Service Employees International Union, is scheduled to resume mediation Monday afternoon.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 13, 2026
The lone holdout on the commission was Henry DeWolf Smyth, who had telegraphed his distaste for the inquiry to Ernest Lawrence at Oak Ridge.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
