How to Use holdover in a Sentence

holdover

1 of 2 noun

• He is the only holdover from their last championship team.
• This policy is a holdover from the previous administration.
• In the top holdover markets, the UK added $7.1M at a clear No.1.
  — Nancy Tartaglione, Deadline, 21 July 2024
• Big man Cameron Krutwig is the main holdover from that 2018 Final Four team.
  — USA TODAY, 16 Mar. 2021
• So – once again – Square Enix must release a holdover for fans.
  — George Yang, Rolling Stone, 6 Dec. 2022
• The very idea of a subminimum wage is a racist holdover from the era of slavery.
  — Adrian Boafo, Baltimore Sun, 7 Mar. 2024
• The lone holdover from First Team is lineman Paula Vailpulu.
  — Robert Avery, Houston Chronicle, 26 Sep. 2019
• Quinerly is one of the few holdovers from that game on either team.
  — Mark Heim | [e-mail], al, 18 Mar. 2023
• Jose Altuve is a longtime fan favorite, and the lone holdover from the dismal days of the early 2010s.
  — Josh Criswell, Chron, 15 Nov. 2022
• Speaking of the Lightning port, that’s another holdover from the iPads of old.
  — Maren Estrada, BGR, 25 Sep. 2021
• Where is the best spot for Davis, who is expected to be the lone holdover from last year’s starting unit?
  — Omar Kelly, sun-sentinel.com, 10 Aug. 2020
• Region locking is just a crappy holdover from the DVD era.
  — Victoria Song, The Verge, 25 Apr. 2023
• This cabbie, however, was a holdover from the bad old days.
  — Richard Brookhiser, National Review, 24 Oct. 2019
• Mitchell, Priefer and Colman are holdovers from Freddie Kitchens’ staff.
  — Scott Patsko, cleveland, 10 Feb. 2020
• Els was a holdover from the Mike MacIntyre staff at Colorado.
  — Chris Solari, Detroit Free Press, 21 Feb. 2020
• Special assistant to the head coach James Schmeits is the lone holdover from Lansing's staff.
  — Akeem Glaspie, The Indianapolis Star, 9 Nov. 2021
• That left Reiff and right tackle Brian O’Neill as the only holdovers in the same spots as last season.
  — Chris Tomasson, Twin Cities, 1 Oct. 2019
• Jesse Davis was the lone holdover as a starter from last year’s starting offensive line.
  — Omar Kelly, sun-sentinel.com, 2 Oct. 2020
• Even with a massive hit arriving on the scene though, there’s still some business for the holdovers.
  — J. Kim Murphy, Variety, 27 July 2024
• The strange holdover from the era of Bolshevik iconography.
  — James Lileks, Star Tribune, 11 Apr. 2021
• The availability of one key holdover from last year is in question.
  — Matt Kawahara, San Francisco Chronicle, 31 Mar. 2022
• The sign on the door is not a holdover from some earlier stage of the coronavirus pandemic.
  — Alec MacGillis, ProPublica, 14 Apr. 2023
• Malone was the only holdover from the U.S. foursome that won this event at the 2019 World Championships.
  — David Woods, The Indianapolis Star, 4 Sep. 2021
• That is probably a holdover from the beginning of the country.
  — Bernadette Bynoe, Scientific American, 19 Mar. 2021
• Matthews belongs but is likely more of a practice-squad holdover.
  — Mike Kaye, Charlotte Observer, 24 June 2024
• The new mayor saw the rapid transit loop as a holdover from the boss era, which ultimately led to the subway's demise.
  — The Enquirer, 18 Feb. 2024
• All these pieces complement the bird on her head — a holdover from the original story.
  — Hedy Phillips, Peoplemag, 3 Nov. 2022
• Will the new players blend successfully with the holdovers?
  — Michael Lerseth, SFChronicle.com, 6 Aug. 2019
• That’s a holdover from past decades, when the U.S. was primarily importing its crude.
  — Louis Jacobson, Austin American-Statesman, 30 July 2024
• But in the cacophony of a campaign in its final week, the tempest over endorsements felt like a holdover from a passing era of mass media consumption.
  — Simon Montlake, The Christian Science Monitor, 1 Nov. 2024

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hold over

2 of 2 verb

• The top 10% of households hold over 68% of the wealth in the U.S.
  — Marick Masters, Fortune, 5 Jan. 2023
• Touch and hold over the text in the picture, and the grab points will appear around it.
  — Kim Komando, USA TODAY, 18 Oct. 2021
• The draft was held over three days in late April in Nashville.
  — Rich Cohen, Harper's magazine, 19 Aug. 2019
• In the first clip, Wren was held over the basin as his full head of hair was washed.
  — Hannah Sacks, Peoplemag, 20 Nov. 2023
• In the first clip, Wren is held over the basin as his full head of hair gets washed.
  — Hannah Sacks, Peoplemag, 17 Oct. 2023
• The suspect emerged from a house with his arms held over his head.
  — Faith Karimi, CNN, 22 Aug. 2019
• The king is hidden from view by a gold cloth held over the chair.
  — USA TODAY, 4 May 2023
• And for the first time in event history, the NBA draft will be held over the course of two days.
  — Trisha Garcia-Easto, Sacramento Bee, 26 June 2024
• If the event does take place, Cannes' film market, the Marche du Film, will be held over the same dates.
  — Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 Mar. 2020
• The funds delivered each month will hold over into the next.
  — Brady Knox, Washington Examiner, 8 Aug. 2023
• This was just the first of many searches the community would hold over the months and years to come.
  — Emma Steele, CBS News, 12 Oct. 2024
• This is a sturdy, wooden toy chest that can hold over 240 pounds of toys.
  — Chris Hachey, BGR, 28 Apr. 2021
• The clinic, which was held over two days last week, made use of several rooms in the church.
  — Libby Watson, The New Republic, 11 Dec. 2019
• The Arab Spring forced Saleh out of office in 2012, even as the Houthis expanded their hold over the north.
  — Samanth Subramanian, The New York Review of Books, 30 Nov. 2023
• Harris in a matter of weeks has appeared to close the polling gap that Trump held over Biden.
  — Kevin Breuninger, CNBC, 9 Sep. 2024
• Obviously, all of that was put on hold over the last year.
  — Rachel King, Fortune, 6 June 2021
• Our conference calls are held over video, and no one mentions the hole.
  — Simon Rich, Time, 4 Aug. 2023
• Live sessions are held over video, phone, or chat, and last 45 minutes.
  — Brittany Vargas, Peoplemag, 18 Apr. 2023
• That pattern didn’t hold over the past decade but now seems to be resuming.
  — Mickey D. Levy and Michael D. Bordo, WSJ, 26 Apr. 2021
• The venue had changed and bouts were held over three days instead of the traditional five.
  — John Whisler, ExpressNews.com, 13 Feb. 2020
• Think: the sun’s hold over distant planets, or the journey light from far-off stars makes across the universe.
  — Jennifer Leman, Popular Mechanics, 7 Apr. 2022
• The company says their glass mats are designed to hold over 1,000 pounds.
  — Brad Moon, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2021
• With the deal hanging in the balance, Mr. Trump moved to strengthen his hold over Trump Media.
  — David Yaffe-Bellany, New York Times, 21 May 2024
• The arena, which can hold over 6,000 people, wasn't big enough to hold all those who wanted to see Trump.
  — Stacey Barchenger, The Arizona Republic, 13 Oct. 2024
• The large size can hold over 40mL of fluid, keeping you leak-free even on heavier flow days.
  — Emma Seymour, Good Housekeeping, 6 July 2022
• This year marks the first time Genius Week will be held over multiple evenings.
  — George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Sep. 2023
• And a new coach might not be wedded to players held over from the previous regime.
  — Oliver Staley, Quartz at Work, 24 Oct. 2019
• The classes held over the summer in and around Boston were the first time the academy had come to New England.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 21 Oct. 2019
• That doesn’t mean letting go of what the person did to us, but in letting go of the power that person holds over us.
  — John Kelly, Washington Post, 17 May 2023
• Even if the current surge slows in in the short term, many experts worry that the U.K. variant will take hold over the next two months and lead to new spikes.
  — Anna Kuchment, Dallas News, 16 Jan. 2021

Last Updated: 15 Dec 2024