keep in
phrasal verb
kept in; keeping in; keeps in
1
: to not show or express (something, such as an emotion)
You shouldn't keep your anger in all the time.
2
: to continue to provide (someone) with (something needed or wanted)
It's very expensive keeping my children in clothes that fit.
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Plus, keep in mind that the penalty is per each violation.
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Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 6 Aug. 2025
These beginnings are kept in a box, and that box has a shape.
—Megan Cummins
august 5, Literary Hub, 5 Aug. 2025
However, Anderson and Reynolds kept in contact through the years while meeting up with their son until the actor’s 2018 death.
—Natalie Oganesyan, Deadline, 3 Aug. 2025
The teen's lung had been kept in a university medical collection since his death in July 1918, during the first wave of the pandemic.
—New Atlas, 3 Aug. 2025
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Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 6 Aug. 2025
These beginnings are kept in a box, and that box has a shape.
—Megan Cummins
august 5, Literary Hub, 5 Aug. 2025
However, Anderson and Reynolds kept in contact through the years while meeting up with their son until the actor’s 2018 death.
—Natalie Oganesyan, Deadline, 3 Aug. 2025
The teen's lung had been kept in a university medical collection since his death in July 1918, during the first wave of the pandemic.
—New Atlas, 3 Aug. 2025
See All Example Sentences for keep in
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“Keep in.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/keep%20in. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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