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. Monica Levine:

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

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. Jeff Kravetz:

   We're in a holding pattern until Friday, when we get the payrolls number.

4. Aaron Clark:

   We're in a bit of a holding pattern until earnings, which kick off with Alcoa tonight, but more importantly the banks will start to report by mid-week, that will be the next key event, which moves the market one way or the other.

5. Peter Cardillo:

   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.