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
Without a focused strategy to diversify our economy, Maryland risks falling further behind in both fiscal stability and business retention.
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Mary D. Kane, Baltimore Sun, 28 May 2025
The military services have routinely poured money into recruiting and retention bonuses over the years.
—Arkansas Online, 26 May 2025
Kansas Supreme Court justices stand for retention votes every six years.
—Matthew Kelly, Kansas City Star, 25 May 2025
And then a 2021 study suggested memory retention is better when using a pen and paper versus a stylus and tablet.
—New Atlas, 25 May 2025
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Mary D. Kane, Baltimore Sun, 28 May 2025
The military services have routinely poured money into recruiting and retention bonuses over the years.
—Arkansas Online, 26 May 2025
Kansas Supreme Court justices stand for retention votes every six years.
—Matthew Kelly, Kansas City Star, 25 May 2025
And then a 2021 study suggested memory retention is better when using a pen and paper versus a stylus and tablet.
—New Atlas, 25 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for retention
Noun
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Although predictive maintenance mostly helps operational efficiency and cost control, its influence also reaches customer experience.—
Kalyan Gottipati,
Forbes.com,
6 June 2025
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The largest piece of the budget is almost $235 million in the general fund that covers everyday operations such as police and fire protection, street maintenance and recreational services.—
Phil Diehl,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
6 June 2025
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What This Means for Reputation (Taylor’s Version) The outright ownership of her music has always been Swift’s goal, so today’s revelation is cause for celebration.—
Hugh McIntyre,
Forbes.com,
30 May 2025
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But more than anything, Swift emphasized just how much ownership of her entire discography means to her nearly 20 years into her career.—
Hannah Dailey,
Billboard,
30 May 2025
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This story was produced with financial support from the Esserman Family Foundation in partnership with Journalism Funding Partners.—
Verónica Egui Brito,
Miami Herald,
7 June 2025
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Nationally, Democrats have been ceding union support to Republicans, a loss that proved pivotal to President Donald Trump’s election in November.—
Nick Coltrain,
Denver Post,
7 June 2025
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The water pressure then causes the vehicle to rise and slide on a thin layer of water between the tires and the road, making the driver lose control.—
CA Weather Bot,
Sacbee.com,
6 June 2025
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Swift’s management of her career has been touted as a model to reduce the structural inefficiencies in music licensing and broadcasting, to promote equity sharing with record labels, and to give artists in general more control over their creative work.—
Time,
Time,
5 June 2025
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“Retention.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/retention. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
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