hold true
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Of course, the link doesn’t always hold true.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 29, 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
Sometimes, the opposite can also hold true: When the bond market is calm, it can signal smooth sailing ahead for stocks.
From MarketWatch • Dec. 22, 2025
“That may hold true if computing power proves the key bottleneck. But if the real constraint is access to cheap, abundant electricity, China could emerge as a far bigger player than markets now anticipate.”
From Barron's • Oct. 30, 2025
If she said it over and over, she wondered if the words would become a spell that would hold true even after he went home.
From "Pet" by Akwaeke Emezi
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