How to Use holdout in a Sentence

holdout

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  • He says he might be a holdout at the start of the next season if the team doesn't agree to pay him more.
  • He is expected to end his three-week holdout and join the team tomorrow.
  • A few holdouts still use typewriters, but nearly everybody uses computers now.
  • The largest group of holdouts, of course, are folks 65 and older.
    — Andrew Van Dam, Anchorage Daily News, 23 June 2023
  • But who will be the final holdout, the last bastion of the DIY gearbox?
    — Steven Ewing, Ars Technica, 13 Feb. 2023
  • Some of the holdouts moved their tents to locations just outside the 41.18 zones.
    — David Zahniser, Anchorage Daily News, 3 June 2023
  • The one holdout was Ronn Hall, who’s said the city should limit the number of tattoo shops.
    — Blake Nelson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 May 2023
  • Kupchak said the Hornets had no holdouts on the decision to take Miller.
    — Mark Inabinett | Minabinett@al.com, al, 23 June 2023
  • The results show Jordan still has a lot of work to do to persuade holdouts.
    — Elizabeth Robinson, NBC News, 18 Oct. 2023
  • And that seemed to make the business side and the holdout a little more difficult.
    — Lori Nickel, Journal Sentinel, 9 Feb. 2023
  • The Mustang remains the only true car in Ford's lineup, the lone holdout in a range of crossovers and trucks.
    — Sam Smith, Car and Driver, 24 July 2023
  • The one holdout was Latina and seemed to be about thirty, Dunn recalled.
    — Jennifer Gonnerman, The New Yorker, 16 Feb. 2024
  • Adding a quirky ad during Super Bowl is just par for the course for this holdout from a bygone era.
    — Parija Kavilanz, CNN, 10 Feb. 2023
  • The one holdout was Councilmember Michelle Metschel, who felt the task force should have more time to respond to concerns.
    — Blake Nelson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 July 2023
  • The holdouts are two of the biggest automakers in the world: Volkswagen and Toyota.
    — Andrew J. Hawkins, The Verge, 5 Oct. 2023
  • Gaetz was one of the last holdouts during the interminable rounds of votes for House speaker in January.
    — Tori Otten, The New Republic, 19 Sep. 2023
  • In the time since, Gaetz has praised some of McCarthy’s overtures to the right flank of his caucus, highlighting concessions made to the holdouts.
    — Ryan King, Washington Examiner, 25 Apr. 2023
  • If Elliott didn’t end the holdout, Pollard would have become the No. 1 back for that season opener.
    — Calvin Watkins, Dallas News, 30 Aug. 2023
  • Ben Simmons missed all of last season between a holdout and a back injury.
    — Dan Shaughnessy, BostonGlobe.com, 7 Oct. 2022
  • The holdout state then has an incentive to keep the revenue from ticket purchases in its own state.
    — Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN, 9 Nov. 2022
  • Yet there are holdouts among GOP hard-liners who insist on even more spending cuts.
    — Jacob Bogage, Washington Post, 21 Sep. 2023
  • There is one holdout — a very young Harold Cooper (Ruffin Prentiss).
    — Tanya Melendez, EW.com, 1 May 2023
  • Even the Bank of Japan, which has been a holdout in keeping interest rates super-low this year, this week made moves that would allow some rates to rise a bit.
    — Damian J. Troise, Fortune, 22 Dec. 2022
  • Reddit was one of the few holdouts that hadn’t yet announced any major staff reductions.
    — Edward Ludlow, Fortune, 6 June 2023
  • But there are still a number of notable holdouts — although that could shift dramatically in the days to come.
    — Andrew J. Hawkins, The Verge, 5 July 2023
  • But momentum is not on Jordan’s side, as meetings between the Trump ally and his holdouts have gone south.
    — Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling, The New Republic, 23 Oct. 2023
  • And holdouts, like the one All-Pro defensive lineman Chris Jones is staging, are nothing new in high-stakes football.
    — Kirkland Crawford, Detroit Free Press, 8 Sep. 2023
  • But if either player locks up a big extension this offseason, then maybe the holdouts just might be worth it.
    — Mohammad Ahmad, cleveland, 26 July 2023
  • Sunset Sound is among the last holdouts of a once-thriving music-business ecosystem that is taking its last gasps.
    — Jessica Gelt, Los Angeles Times, 20 Feb. 2024
  • Nearly all who have lost have conceded, making Lake the most high-profile holdout.
    — Eric Cortellessa, Time, 1 Dec. 2022

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