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
A new study led by Meike van der Heijden suggests that assumption may not hold true.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 1, 2026
Families, companies and society adjusted to childcare needs, and the same must hold true for eldercare now — or the consequences will be costly.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 16, 2026
This directive must hold true in good times as well as bad.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 26, 2026
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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