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- noun Plural form of
holdup .
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One of the biggest holdups is just finding a way to make graphene on an industrial scale.
How and Why: Graphene seems valuable for computers, batteries and other uses Post 2010
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One of the biggest holdups is just finding a way to make graphene on an industrial scale.
How and Why: Graphene seems valuable for computers, batteries and other uses Post 2010
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One of the biggest holdups is just finding a way to make graphene on an industrial scale.
How and Why: Graphene seems valuable for computers, batteries and other uses Post 2010
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Many in Yemen speculate that one of the holdups might be the opposition's insistence that members of Saleh's family must be removed from their positions as well.
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A major league source said late Thursday one of the holdups is the Cubs' insistence on paying only cash for compensation while the Red Sox are adamant on receiving a player or a package of players.
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The House and Senate are still negotiating a budget deal, and one of the holdups is the money for the state universities.
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The counterargument to paternalism is that the cost is an anticommons — lots of holdups.
Archive 2009-02-01 Rebecca Tushnet 2009
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One of the holdups in negotiations, according to Waddell, was New Jersey's reluctance to include Cormier.
Devils win Kovalchuk chase, send 3 players, pick to Atlanta 2010
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Not so rare, actually: holds or holdups on Hilda and Holder, too.
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Bank robberies, car thefts, store holdups and home invasions are all way up.
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