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. Larry Hogan:

   We are in a holding pattern... we're not ready to reopen anything, open anything further.

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. Peter Cardillo:

   I suspect that what we're seeing here is a little market jitters due to the fact that the dollar continues to weaken, i think we will just stay in a mixed-to-holding pattern for the next day or two until the earnings season begins to move into full gear next week.

4. Erick Erickson:

   I think Mike PenceVice is doing what Mike PenceVice can : saying the right things, defining Mike PenceVice as Mike PenceVice and not as Trump's surrogate, and helping others, but Mike PenceVice's kind of like a jet trying to land with a storm over the airport. Mike PenceVice's in a holding pattern until Donald Trump decides.

5. Monica Levine:

   Everything feels like it's in a holding pattern right now.