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in reserve

Idioms  

  1. Kept back, set aside, or saved. For example, We have a fair amount of cash in reserve, or The coach decided to keep the best player in reserve until the last quarter. [Late 1600s]

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It gave World Liberty a $2 billion cash pile, which the company holds in reserve to maintain the coins’ 1-to-1 tie to the dollar.

From The Wall Street Journal

Struyven and Thomas estimate that central banks will accumulate a further 60 tons of gold in 2026 with those in emerging markets leading this structural shift in reserve allocation.

From MarketWatch

Struyven and Thomas estimate that central banks will accumulate a further 60 tons of gold in 2026 with those in emerging markets leading this structural shift in reserve allocation.

From MarketWatch

He enlisted for army training at Colchester and was kept in reserve before being sent to Normandy on a landing craft on 25 June 1944.

From BBC

Then Mossad instructed them to go about their daily routines across Iran, as part of what it calls a “drawer operation”—one that sits quietly in reserve until the drawer needs to be opened.

From The Wall Street Journal

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