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held

[held] / hɛld /


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The Bank of England cut its key interest rate Thursday while the European Central Bank held steady, as a period of more stable borrowing costs sets in across the continent.

From The Wall Street Journal

The privately held AI developer would use Amazon’s in-house chips as part of the deal, according to the report.

From The Wall Street Journal

People held on remand accounts for around 20% of the prison population.

From BBC

Norway’s central bank held its key policy rate at 4% on Thursday and reconfirmed plans to slowly ease monetary policy in the coming years.

From The Wall Street Journal

Upstairs, he showed me the ballroom where they’d held all their dances.

From Salon