holding

Example Sentences

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“It seems like a holding pattern for both the bulls and the bears,” he said.

From MarketWatch

We’ll always have “Fogata,” though — a song about holding on to the precious moments of bliss when confronted with the ephemeral nature of... well, everything.

From Los Angeles Times

The value of that holding on Thursday would have risen more than $400 million as of midday.

From Barron's

Reductions in Fed asset holdings require its liabilities to shrink as well, and this carries the danger that commercial-bank reserve deposits may at some point fall below the level banks think they need.

From The Wall Street Journal

“I think we are holding ourselves back tremendously,” Cabot said, “by cutting each other down.”

From Los Angeles Times