as in maintenance
the act of keeping something or someone
The company's rate of employee retention is 80 percent.
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Recent Examples of retention
Palmer sold the company to Facebook in 2014 for $2 billion, with an additional $1 billion going toward retention bonuses and other incentives.
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Melissa Cruz, USA TODAY, 20 Nov. 2024
The lowering of the sea level was mainly due to excessive water retention by the Russians.
—Photovogue, Vogue, 19 Nov. 2024
After most of what is now the Republic of Ireland won its independence from Great Britain in 1920, Britain’s formal retention of Northern Ireland in 1922 established a dramatically two-tiered state, where Protestants enjoyed far more political, economic, and social power than Catholics.
—Sophie Brookover, Vulture, 16 Nov. 2024
In March, Teixeira pleaded guilty to six counts of willful retention and transmission of national defense information under the Espionage Act.
—Mirna Alsharif, NBC News, 12 Nov. 2024
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Melissa Cruz, USA TODAY, 20 Nov. 2024
The lowering of the sea level was mainly due to excessive water retention by the Russians.
—Photovogue, Vogue, 19 Nov. 2024
After most of what is now the Republic of Ireland won its independence from Great Britain in 1920, Britain’s formal retention of Northern Ireland in 1922 established a dramatically two-tiered state, where Protestants enjoyed far more political, economic, and social power than Catholics.
—Sophie Brookover, Vulture, 16 Nov. 2024
In March, Teixeira pleaded guilty to six counts of willful retention and transmission of national defense information under the Espionage Act.
—Mirna Alsharif, NBC News, 12 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for retention
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Hence, maintenance is as easy as emptying the dustbin and rinsing off the reusable filter between uses.Maggie Horton, People.com, 19 Nov. 2024
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Jaquez said train service resumed around 7 a.m., but D Line, E Line, R Line and H Line continued to experience up to 30-minute delays due to speed restrictions in track areas undergoing maintenance.Lauren Penington, The Denver Post, 18 Nov. 2024
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Just eight years old, the startup, which shares ownership with Temu, has successfully leveraged a shift in consumption patterns in the world’s second-largest economy.Juliana Liu, CNN, 22 Nov. 2024
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After the hermit’s death, the farmhouse then served various community purposes, from a teacher’s cottage to a meeting hall, but had been neglected until recently, when the Queen Mother helped the community acquire ownership and renovate it.Jessica Jungbauer, Vogue, 22 Nov. 2024
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The other cast members will be going to show their support.Dina Kaur, The Arizona Republic, 22 Nov. 2024
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The goal of the Family Place Libraries program is to encourage libraries to be a family-friendly environment and transform them into community centers for literacy, early childhood development, parent education and engagement, family support and community information.Barbara D. Hathaway, Austin American-Statesman, 22 Nov. 2024
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Trump has promised to carry out the country’s largest-ever deportation operation, extend tax breaks, punish his political enemies, seize control of the federal government’s most powerful tools and reshape the U.S. economy.Grant Stringer, The Mercury News, 16 Nov. 2024
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In this film’s world, humans and dogs share control as rulers of the earth.Katie Rife, Vulture, 16 Nov. 2024
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“Retention.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/retention. Accessed 1 Dec. 2024.
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