holdout
Example Sentences
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Like James, Mack is seasoned in contract negotiations, having famously signed a record six-year, $141-million extension with the Bears in 2018 after a holdout with the Raiders had him shipped to Chicago.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 30, 2026
Apple normally prefers to use its own processors wherever possible and has been a notable holdout against the wave of investment in AI infrastructure that has made Nvidia’s the world’s largest company.
From Barron's ● Jun. 9, 2026
Another holdout has been General Motors, the U.S.’s largest automaker by volume.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 3, 2026
That disloyal, greedy kid at the center of college football’s first apparent holdout?
From Los Angeles Times ● May 1, 2026
Here and there a Luddite holdout refuses to open an email account, just as thousands of years ago some human bands refused to take up farming and so escaped the luxury trap.
From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari
