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The White House released several games Thursday, with a placeholder that teased another one "coming soon."
From Barron's ● Sep. 4, 2026
Newly minted incumbent Darline Graham, the sister of Lindsey, was appointed to the seat initially as a placeholder.
From Slate ● Aug. 11, 2026
Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli, elected pope in October 1958 as an elderly placeholder, had answers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 4, 2025
It could become a glamorous placeholder: I like you enough to consider marrying you and I don’t want you going anywhere while I continue to think about it.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 17, 2024
Around 500 BC the placeholder zero began to appear in Babylonian writings; it naturally spread to the Greek astronomical community.
From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife
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