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Holdover(1)

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(1) One thing I've learned over the years is the older the traveler, the better dressed he is, a holdover from the era when you dressed up to fly.(2) the conservative holdover from the Eisenhower years(3) Although it sends me into fits of sneezing, I like the aroma of wet newsprint, a holdover from high school days when I would be sent to the next town over to retrieve our freshly printed local paper.(4) Trust me, it's not a holdover from my Protestant days.(5) u2018Churches want to make clear that this isn't a holdover of a pagan holiday,u2019 Dr. Bailey said.(6) The new quarters are a former warehouse for the storage of windowpanes, a curious holdover from a time when the fear of a Communist blockade led to massive hoarding.(7) But in reality, Daylight Savings Time is an archaic holdover from a time when people relied on candles all the time.(8) Young is the only holdover from the 2002 team(9) My mother was used to waiting on her since Ann was a holdover from the days when my family owned and operated a pizza shop.(10) For her, he is a holdover from the nineteenth century, not a modern artist.(11) Rue, of course, is a holdover from Lebanon's time as a French protectorate.(12) Visitors generally assume that the name, like the obelisk, is a holdover from the 1930s.(13) A lack of trust in government and the police, holdovers from the communist days, make the jobs of intervention and social control much more difficult.(14) At least three holdovers from the previous staff will be retained.(15) It requires the concurrence of a legal system that often includes holdovers from the bad old days, a problem that needs to be resolved quickly lest foreign investors be scared off by uncertainty over what belongs to whom.(16) He and Julie are the only board holdovers from the early days of the Belmont project, and both of them raised objections to the Belmont contract early on.
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(1) hold over
Synonyms
Noun
1. hangover


Verb
2. remit
3. table
4. prorogue
5. shelve
6. defer
8. postpone
10. put over


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