Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for held (in)
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Beyond that, the county has concealed most legal bills from the process — fees paid to outside lawyers and investigators who built the case against Corpus and looked into her counter-accusations — citing attorney-client privilege.—
Ryan Macasero,
Mercury News,
15 Mar. 2026 -
The pair began to exchange words early in the second half, cracking the type of crooked smiles that hardly concealed the competitiveness driving both players to chirp and ridicule and needle one another on both ends of the court.—
Julia Poe,
Chicago Tribune,
13 Mar. 2026
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Shellac derives from the resinous material secreted by the lac bug, much like honey comes from a bee.—
Scott Lafee,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
3 Mar. 2026
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Amylin is hormone co-secreted with insulin in the pancreas to suppress appetite and reduce food intake.—
Annika Kim Constantino,
CNBC,
6 Feb. 2026
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Díaz-Canel’s words masked what was, for adherents of a revolution celebrated by the global left, a painful reality.—
Kate Linthicum,
Los Angeles Times,
16 Mar. 2026
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If a judge signs off on the request by prosecutors, Martinez’s charge will be at least the fourth charge against someone that has been dismissed since agents came to the city for a week in November, masked and armed, and arrested people in public parking lots and outside a church.—
Julia Coin,
Charlotte Observer,
10 Mar. 2026
Verb
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The bill of his ball cap obscured his gaze.—
David Remnick,
New Yorker,
21 Mar. 2026
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Instead, first-time director Fergus Campbell drops us directly into Cleo’s world — no parents, no rules and every authority figure is obscured, like the unintelligible adults in Peanuts cartoons.—
Jourdain Searles,
HollywoodReporter,
20 Mar. 2026
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Quiet, moody, soft, and veiled, this Miyagawa-cho geisha district hotel is a newcomer with an old soul.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
21 Mar. 2026
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As it had been abandoned in 1968, its location was veiled until now.—
Maria Mocerino,
Interesting Engineering,
15 Mar. 2026
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Traditional supersonic aircraft generate loud sonic booms that have long restricted commercial flights over land.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
21 Mar. 2026
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If the fees are high enough, the investors can extract profit that would otherwise be restricted at the main, regulated insurance company.—
Scott Pham,
CBS News,
20 Mar. 2026
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The scene is interrupted when in the scribe’s home, shrouded in darkness, eerie sounds distract him from what’s on his digital page.—
Carlos Aguilar,
Variety,
15 Mar. 2026
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My family of four stayed in a one-bedroom pavilion, which was shrouded by natural flora.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
14 Mar. 2026
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“Held (in).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/held%20%28in%29. Accessed 21 Mar. 2026.
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