holding pattern
Example Sentences
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“Canadian retail sales continue a holding pattern as support from lower interest rates faces headwinds from trade uncertainty,” said Shelly Kaushik, senior economist at Bank of Montreal Capital Markets.
"First Republic appears to be in a holding pattern and is burning fuel. In short, the bank has lost meaningful deposits and is planning to shrink its asset base accordingly," said analysts at Evercore ISI.
From Reuters
CNN’s schedule has been in a bit of a holding pattern ever since Lemon’s departure from prime time last fall.
From Washington Post
Still, analysts say those challenges may not yet be lethal, leaving First Republic in a somewhat painful holding pattern.
From New York Times
Dance has felt as if it’s been stuck in a holding pattern, still trying to overcome pandemic setbacks, with institutions small and large programming more or less the same choreographers from season to season.
From New York Times
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