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The phrase "was not held until" is grammatically correct and can be used in written English.
It is typically used to indicate that an event did not occur until a certain time or date. Example: The annual festival was not held until the following week, as the organizers needed more time to prepare.
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The first cross-border reunion was not held until 1985, when only 65 families were rejoined.
And the first public hearing was not held until 11 days after the shelter's opening.
That would still mean a vote was not held until January.
Despite Zurbarán's significance for artists, the first public show devoted to him was not held until 1964, in Madrid.
This could not have been true, the Times wrote, because the first draft lottery was not held until 18 months after Trump left Wharton.
The first exhibition of Western painting in Japan was not held until 1872, but many nihonga artists clearly managed to familiarize themselves with European art to a remarkable extent without seeing it in situ.
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That particular banner-raising ceremony wasn't held until Jan . 19 , 2013because of the NHL's lockout.
2020 Tokyo *** 2022 *** Beijing *The Winter Games were not held until 1924.
Because of World War II, the games scheduled to be held in 1942 were not held until 1951.
Further, Brown still has to win the GOP primary, which in New Hampshire is not held until September 9.
New Jersey's presidential primary is not held until June, raising a rather interesting question: Who's really going to care at that point?
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