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holding

[hohl-ding] / ˈhoʊl dɪŋ /


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In August, agents seized his electronic devices and raided Swalwell’s Washington home over the weekend, even briefly holding the former lawmaker at San Francisco International Airport, a person familiar with the inquiry told The Times.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 27, 2026

Pretend you never owned the stock, and you’re holding the value of your current position in cash.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 27, 2026

That is why many Fed officials had described rates as “restrictive,” i.e., holding back demand and price pressure.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 27, 2026

Isometric exercise involves tightening muscles while holding the body in a fixed position for several minutes.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 27, 2026

“For your mother, Corrie,” Tine said, holding out the flowers as I opened the door.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom

I can’t speak to his specific holdings, and offering personalized investment advice wouldn’t be helpful to readers anyway, since everyone’s portfolio looks different.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 27, 2026

They own as much in stocks and mutual funds as the next 0.9%, a group that is nine times larger, and those holdings are where most of their recent gains came from.

From Salon ● Oct. 25, 2026

French investigators have previously examined his real-estate holdings near Paris as part of a probe into alleged money laundering and rosewood trafficking, though the case was dropped in 2023 due to insufficient evidence.

From Barron's ● Oct. 23, 2026

That sum comprised roughly 27% of their collective domestic equity holdings as of June, up from 12% the last quarter of 2022, when ChatGPT launched.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026

He wanted the Romans to believe that in the Donations of Alexandria Mark Antony had given his vast holdings, present and future, to Egypt—a foreign power—and had not given the Romans anything.

From "Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen" by Susan Blackaby


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