Synonyms for holding pattern
hold·ing pat·tern

Princeton's WordNet

1. holding patternnoun

   a state of inaction with no progress and no change

   "you should go into a holding pattern until he gets over his disappointment"

2. holding patternnoun

   the flight path (usually circular) maintained by an aircraft that is awaiting permission to land

Matched Categories

1. • Flight Path
   • Inaction

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1. Rick Meckler:

   For the most part, the market seems to be in a holding pattern until year-end, there has been such strong gains for the year that I think that until the fresh money comes in after year-end for new contributions to IRAs and other retirement accounts to start the year, I just don't think there is a lot of push to drive this too much higher.

2. Joe Mendoza:

   We don’t want to move forward with anything else without every single piece of information, we’re just in a holding pattern until we can get those people interviewed.

3. Joe Mendoza:

   We’re just in a holding pattern until we can get those people interviewed.

4. Nick Seabrook:

   We are kind of all in a holding pattern until we determine what the Supreme Court does in those two cases.

5. Richard Hunter:

   BP is moving into something of a holding pattern, as it positions itself for a potentially prolonged period of lower oil prices, the company has reiterated its protective nature regarding the dividend, where a yield of 5 percent is a key attraction given the current interest rate backdrop.