in reserve
Example Sentences
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Third, it was safer to have capital loaned out than in reserve, where it could be pillaged.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 5, 2026
Its combat fleet also includes Russian MiG-29s and Belarusian Sukhoi Su-27s, most of which are inoperative or in reserve.
From Barron's • Apr. 22, 2026
Meanwhile, chip makers have some supply in reserve.
From MarketWatch • Mar. 13, 2026
A back-up power to allow them to sentence a criminal up to two years will be created, but held in reserve.
From BBC • Mar. 10, 2026
He had three forty-fathom coils of line in reserve now, as well as the coil he was using.
From "The Old Man and The Sea" by Ernest Hemingway
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