How to Use placeholder in a Sentence

placeholder

noun

• This, plugged in sources said, would serve as a placeholder of sorts.
  — Phil Mattingly, CNN, 2 Nov. 2017
• The club announced the placeholder name Thursday, ahead of the start of training camp next week.
  — Stephen Whyno, The Denver Post, 23 July 2020
• The placeholder boxes of papers had never been touched, and went back to the house.
  — Rafil Kroll-Zaidi, Harper's Magazine, 15 Sep. 2020
• With O'Connor, and with Louisville City, fans have come to expect that each success is just a placeholder for the next.
  — Danielle Lerner, The Courier-Journal, 5 Nov. 2017
• The winning placeholder team, which became the Rangers, got the top pick despite a 12.5% chance.
  — Larry Lage, Star Tribune, 10 Aug. 2020
• For 25 years, a smaller Opie painting served as a placeholder for the lost piece.
  — Anthony Robledo, USA TODAY, 2 Feb. 2024
• In truth that was a placeholder if Crawford didn’t sign a contract to fight.
  — Calvin Watkins, Dallas News, 6 June 2023
• The Marksman feels like a placeholder for the next act of Liam Neeson’s career.
  — Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 16 Jan. 2021
• That line, written by me or a member of the campaign staff, was a placeholder.
  — Neal B. Freeman, National Review, 7 Apr. 2024
• The clip of the kitty initially served as a placeholder.
  — Tara Wu, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 Dec. 2023
• But the phrase can also serve as a vague, content-free placeholder.
  — Frederick Hess, Forbes, 5 Oct. 2022
• Then, furries can buy their way into the piece to replace the placeholder.
  — Hannah Kirby, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 20 June 2019
• As for the title, Jackman seemed to hint that Deadpool 3 might be a placeholder.
  — Jacob Siegal, BGR, 26 Oct. 2022
• Mike Glennon got $15 million per to be a placeholder, and Sam Bradford fetched a first-round pick and then some.
  — Albert Breer, SI.com, 11 Jan. 2018
• The Heat got 36 starts out of him as a placeholder during the regular season.
  — Manny Navarro, miamiherald, 25 Oct. 2017
• The Kings might be able to entice one to return with a big salary to serve as a mentor or even the placeholder until the team is turned over to the rookie.
  — Jason Jones, sacbee.com, 19 June 2017
• The dummy book would act as a placeholder, and a patron who wanted to borrow the item would then have to ask staff to retrieve it.
  — Becca Savransky, Idaho Statesman, 27 June 2024
• Some of the widows were content with the placeholder role that the party presumed, serving just one year or one term.
  — Anna Diamond, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 Feb. 2020
• The filing says the company plans to sell $100 million worth of stock but that is a placeholder amount and will likely change.
  — Suzanne Kapner, WSJ, 7 July 2021
• Kim Yo Jong could serve as a placeholder until one of her brother’s children is old enough to take over.
  — David Pierson, Los Angeles Times, 21 Apr. 2020
• Philcox, a placeholder, wasn’t the answer, but Belichick knew that Testaverde was.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 31 Aug. 2021
• The name was even more delicious than the venture's placeholder moniker, NewCo., which the online world had changed to Clown Co.
  — Frank Rose, WIRED, 22 Sep. 2008
• Add a design to the paint chip with a fine-point permanent marker and a crafts-store stencil to give the placeholder a pretty look.
  — Sarah Martens, Better Homes & Gardens, 1 Nov. 2022
• For now, at least, Black Panther 2 is just a placeholder title.
  — Erica Gonzales, Harper's BAZAAR, 12 Dec. 2020
• In the second part, McMurray is the line’s sole placeholder, while the others dissipate, now spread out around the stage.
  — Janine Parker, BostonGlobe.com, 18 July 2019
• This is a placeholder to set the table for the true negotiations in Sochi, where Moscow and Ankara will have to agree terms.
  — Nick Paton Walsh, CNN, 17 Oct. 2019
• As Jori Epstein explains, the tag should be viewed as a placeholder not a solution.
  — Jori Epstein, USA TODAY, 17 Mar. 2020
• Ultimately, the Bolt EUV seems like sort of a placeholder.
  — Peter Valdes-Dapena, CNN, 2 Mar. 2021
• Serving as his placeholder in the lineup at first base against a left-handed starter, David Villar started the sixth by lining a double into the right-field corner for the Giants’ first of two extra-base hits.
  — Evan Webeck, The Mercury News, 30 July 2024
• The Legislature must pass a budget by June 15, an agreement that could serve as a placeholder while leaders continue to negotiate with Newsom.
  — Ari Plachta, Sacramento Bee, 5 June 2024

Last Updated: 10 Nov 2024