holdover

Example Sentences

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Land power is a vital part—not as a legacy holdover, but as a hedge against uncertainty and a foundation for political effect.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 3, 2026

Instead it’s a holdover from a bygone era of the gold standard, fixed exchange rates and periodic panics about global liquidity.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 23, 2026

On Monday afternoon, sporadic vuvuzela toots and car horns could still be heard downtown, although unclear whether a holdover from the prior night's celebrations or in anticipation of the team's forthcoming arrival.

From Barron's • Jan. 19, 2026

But it was only with an arson arrest this month that federal investigators officially declared the deadly conflagration a holdover fire — the continuation of the Lachman fire that was seemingly extinguished.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 30, 2025

The entire process was a holdover from more primitive stages of development.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides