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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a holding area" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to refer to a designated space for temporarily storing items, people, or vehicles before they are moved to another location.
Example: "The airport has a holding area for passengers waiting to board their flights."
Alternatives: "waiting area" or "temporary storage area".
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Detainees sit in a holding area in Guantanamo Bay.
So he moved into the Zone d'attente, a holding area for travelers without papers.
Officers escorted the pair off the plane and drove them to a holding area for questioning.
Hospital attendants guided her into a holding area, drew her blood for an Ebola test, and instructed her to sit.
It's kind of a holding area on the way to the trash, for things the kids are temporarily attached to.
During the week, Chuck lives in a holding area in the basement of the zoo near Mr. Schwartz's desk.
Rather than viewing the zone as a holding area, this project proposes to reimagine the berm as an inhabitable productive landscape.
He was shackled, strip-searched and made to sit naked and shivering in a holding area while male and female guards looked on.
The attacks occurred in a holding area and an elevator in the Family Court building in Lower Manhattan, Mr. Krutoy told jurors.
If they arrived "all at once" it might use the military to seal the border, create a holding area and meet humanitarian needs.
The key point is a holding area that means they don't get in the way of the Kent economy and the conditions for drivers are reasonable".
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