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Investors held back from a rebound in Nvidia and the wider artificial-intelligence trade, as Nasdaq futures fell 0.4%.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 13, 2026

By combining magnetic stability with the ability to manipulate spin-based information, these materials could help overcome challenges that have held back conventional spintronic devices.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 4, 2026

In May, the administration held back $1.3 billion in Medicaid reimbursements to the state over concerns about “fraudsters” in the state’s hospice and in-home care programs.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 20, 2026

Stocks are being held back by economic fears .

From Barron's ● Oct. 19, 2026

He lived his life quietly, calmly, and that made me feel safe and secure, as though he were the breakwall that held back Maxwell Street’s noise and chaos.

From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros

The held-back funds are tied to programs that, in some cases, have received these dollars for decades.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 14, 2025

Although the held-back funds make up less than 1% of California’s education budget, they have an outsize cumulative effect.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 14, 2025

In one moment, a student may sing a solo that lights up the room like a supernova only for them to later sing it through a clenched throat and held-back tears.

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 20, 2022

Each jurisdiction must appoint two full-time commissioners and submit applications laying out the commission’s safety and investigative credentials and establishing its independence from Metro before the held-back money can be released, FTA officials say.

From Washington Post ● Jul. 23, 2017

I no longer feel the sinking in my gut, the held-back tearfulness that such a false accusation would once have produced.

From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood