keep in reserve
Example Sentences
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Every somm I spoke to had at least one bottle they’d keep in reserve, a wine with the style and the grandeur to make the occasion transform from special to unforgettable.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 28, 2016
Although the industry is massive—U.S. life-insurance premiums totaled $777.5 billion in 2015, according to the National Association of Insurance Commissioners—the amount of money regulators require that insurers keep in reserve has scared off many venture capitalists.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 19, 2016
In a memo leaked this week, agency head Francis Collins says that a colony of 50 chimps it had planned to keep in reserve for research—after retiring the rest—is no longer needed.
From Science Magazine • Nov. 18, 2015
She knows exactly what to say, what to keep in reserve and how to recover when she’s caught in a lie.
From New York Times • Oct. 14, 2015
Mazarin, it is true, objected to the Council on principle, but that was simply because he considered that bishoprics and abbeys were useful things to keep in reserve as bribes for his wavering adherents.
From Life of St. Vincent de Paul by Forbes, F. A. (Frances Alice)
