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

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

Villanueva told The Times that neither he nor the LAFD’s arson squad knew what a holdover fire was until federal investigators explained it to them.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 30, 2025

This spelling is a holdover from medieval times.

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