hold true
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A 2025 Brookings Institution analysis of six of them found that the problematic enrollment patterns prevalent in North Carolina and Arizona hold true for state programs in general.
From Salon ● Jul. 28, 2026
Of course, the link doesn’t always hold true.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 29, 2026
But in the case of Opalite, the video was uploaded to YouTube after 48 hours, so the same may hold true with Elizabeth Taylor.
From BBC ● Mar. 31, 2026
"With the rise of wearables and long-term tracking in humans, I'm excited to see whether the same principles -- early predictors, staged aging, divergent trajectories -- hold true in people."
From Science Daily ● Mar. 26, 2026
Never mind that this principle didn't hold true in her own family.
From "Eleanor & Park" by Rainbow Rowell
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