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holding

[hohl-ding] / ˈhoʊl dɪŋ /


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A weaker dollar makes gold more attractive to investors holding other currencies.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 21, 2026

In San Marino, the world's oldest republic, the Chicago-born pope is to meet with local authorities before holding a prayer service in the local basilica.

From Barron's Aug. 21, 2026

In April, the Third Circuit became the first federal appeals court to rule on the question, holding in KalshiEX LLC v.

From MarketWatch Aug. 21, 2026

Last fall in Baltimore County, Maryland, a detection system decided a teenager named Taki Allen was holding a firearm.

From Slate Aug. 21, 2026

About a year ago, a group of us started holding bonfires at dedicated clearings in the woods, nowhere near enough to houses for parents to come nosing around our flickering flames.

From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith

CD&R’s holdings of Multi-Color’s equity and debt gave the sponsor leverage to drive the restructuring from different parts of the capital structure.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 17, 2026

Kushner, a co-founder of a venture capital firm Thrive Capital and the permanent holdings company Thrive Eternal, will have to divest a minority stake in the Miami Heat before the Lakers purchase can be approved.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 17, 2026

Earlier this year, Stanley Druckenmiller spoke of diversifying his portfolio and giving artificial intelligence less of a starring role, but his most recent quarterly holdings show that may be easier said than done.

From MarketWatch Aug. 17, 2026

The elder son had sold off many of the Kushners’ New Jersey holdings and then, in 2007, paid a record $1.8 billion for a Manhattan office tower just before the financial crisis hit.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 15, 2026

The land dripped with richness, the fat cows and pigs gleaming against green, and, in the smaller holdings, corn standing in little tents as corn should, and pumpkins all about.

From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck




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