holden
verb
a past participle of hold.
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- past participle of hold.
holden
1 American
[hohl-duhn]
/ ˈhoʊl dən /
verb
Archaic.
Holden
2
American
[hohl-duhn]
/ ˈhoʊl dən /
noun
holden
British
/ ˈhəʊldən /
verb
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Also that it was not here the custom, and that I should be dishonoured, and holden for a fool and light.
From The First Governess of the Netherlands, Margaret of Austria by Eleanor E. Tremayne
Coles had lost eighty thousand dollars by his speculation in the Snowden, for one half of which Kennedy was holden to him; but the bond had been effectually cancelled by the death of the principal.
From Brave Old Salt or, Life on the Quarter Deck by Oliver Optic
At a Superior Court holden in and for the County of Effingham, in November Term, 1827.
From Auricular Confession and Popish Nunneries Volumes I. and II., Complete by William Hogan
In Kent all land is presumed to be holden by this tenure until the contrary is proved, but some lands have been disgavelled by particular statutes.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 5 "Gassendi, Pierre" to "Geocentric" by Various
And this doth agree with our ancient books, where it is holden that a man may have divers names at divers times, but not divers christian names.”
From Curiosities of Puritan Nomenclature by Charles W. Bardsley
OpenAI fired Aschenbrenner after he shared what executives felt was sensitive company information with Holden Karnofsky, a major figure in the EA world who is married to Anthropic’s president, Daniela Amodei.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026
Holden said bank stocks are trading at about 16 times expected earnings, well above a 10-year historical average of 10.8 times, and at 2.6 times book value compared with a historical average of 1.7 times.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 2026
Laura Holden believes AI recruitment tools have the potential to cause "significant harm"
From BBC ● Aug. 5, 2026
This take is ungenerous but not surprising, given that one of the timeworn accusations against Holden Caulfield is hypocrisy: This guy calls everyone else phony, but he’s just as phony!
From Salon ● Jul. 25, 2026
As I slung it over one shoulder and started to leave, Dr. Holden smiled at me and said, “Walt Whitman, huh?”
From "Paper Towns" by John Green
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