holdover

Example Sentences

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Companies have skimped on dividends amid an epic bull run for stock prices, leaving the S&P 500’s yield of just 1.1% looking like finance’s vestigial tailbone—an evolutionary holdover without a clear purpose.

From Barron's

Instead, he said, it was the result of an “undetectable holdover fire” that lived deep within the roots.

From Los Angeles Times

Federal investigators determined that the Jan. 7 fire was a so-called holdover from the Jan. 1 fire, continuing to smolder and burn underground after firefighters thought they had extinguished it.

From Los Angeles Times

Still, even with the ruling in place, discrimination and surveillance continue — holdovers from centuries of colonial rule.

From Los Angeles Times

“Who’d have thought Oasis, the Britpop holdover that seemingly couldn’t be more out of vogue, could fill Staples Center?” the Orange County Register wrote about the evening.

From Los Angeles Times