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"could have held" is correct and usable in written English
You use this phrase when you are talking about something that could have happened in the past but didn't. For example: "If we had arrived on time, we could have held the meeting as planned."
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It could have held shoes, or pastries, paper.
We could have held out for a return of powers.
No child could have held the pouting pose for long.
No temple could have held so much art.
His hair could have held a lot of spiders.
The villa thought to have been built by Piso could have held Philodemus' library.
It is not clear how long the Government could have held the men without charging them.
An Eisenhower drive eastward, it was argued, could have held back the Soviet expansion.
Sharpe could have held a news conference about the Broncos' scoring run.
"This team could have held on to an 11-game lead.
Warner could have held up any number of Rumsfeld's nominees, yet he declined to do so.
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