holding pattern
nounDefinition of holding pattern
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Synonyms & Antonyms for holding pattern
Synonyms
abeyance, cold storage, deep freeze, doldrums, dormancy, latency, moratorium, quiescence, suspended animation, suspense, suspension
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And with their sunflowers out of sync, some farmers have found themselves in a bit of a holding pattern. — Meghan Overdeep, Southern Living, "Heat Wave Causing Sunflowers to Bloom Ahead of Schedule This Year," 22 July 2019 The entire front office congregated in the concourse, a bizarre holding pattern before the NBA eventually cancelled their game. — Mike Singer, The Denver Post, "Clippers’ seismic Kawhi Leonard move shakes NBA, but Nuggets believe in their foundation," 6 July 2019 Most of the coveted NBA free agents have agreed to deals and at least three teams, the Los Angeles Lakers, Toronto Raptors and Los Angeles Clippers, are in a holding pattern waiting for a decision from NBA Finals MVP Kawhi Leonard. — Scooby Axson, SI.com, "NBA Rumors: DeMarcus Cousins Has 'No Market' in Free Agency," 2 July 2019 With both Leonard and Durant scheduled for meetings with multiple suitors, the rest of the league — including the Spurs — begin July in a holding pattern awaiting those two dominoes to fall. — Jeff Mcdonald, ExpressNews.com, "Spurs set for quiet start to free agency," 29 June 2019 The retailer’s Hollywood location, which opened to great fanfare in 2001, has been in a kind of holding pattern since news of the possible development came to light a few years ago. — Randall Roberts, latimes.com, "Amoeba Music building set to be replaced — but where’s the store's new location?," 25 June 2019 In many ways, this feels like a holding pattern, particularly because the Heat will need the salary-cap space going forward of Hassan Whiteside and Goran Dragic, as well, potentially, as the cap space of James Johnson and Dion Waiters. — Ira Winderman, sun-sentinel.com, "ASK IRA: Is the Heat’s upside again the Race for No. 8?," 23 June 2019 Several Greater Cincinnati Democrats, including Aftab Pureval, Alicia Reece and Jill Schiller, are in a holding pattern awaiting the high court's decision. — Jason Williams, Cincinnati.com, "PX column: It's not just Democrats thinking they can defeat Steve Chabot. See which Republican considers challenging Cincinnati congressman," 20 June 2019 Officials are poised to keep interest rates steady at their two-day meeting that ends Wednesday, with solid growth and muted price measures supporting their holding pattern. — Paul Kiernan, WSJ, "Inflation Is Likely to Fuel Discussion as Fed Officials Meet," 29 Apr. 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'holding pattern.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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