holdover

Example Sentences

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Instead it’s a holdover from a bygone era of the gold standard, fixed exchange rates and periodic panics about global liquidity.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 23, 2026

The Palisades fire was a holdover from the Jan. 1 Lachman fire, which continued to smolder and burn underground until kicked up by heavy winds on Jan. 7.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 13, 2026

Some of that reputation for risk is a holdover from the financial crisis, when lending standards were significantly looser than now.

From Barron's • Feb. 2, 2026

Miran can stay on as a holdover until a successor is confirmed, but that seat is spoken for—it is the vehicle for installing the new chair.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 29, 2026

This spelling is a holdover from medieval times.

From "Woe Is I" by Patricia T. O'Conner