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: conformity
in keeping with good taste
out of keeping with the decor
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Examples of keeping in a Sentence
put the house keys into a neighbor's secure keeping while they were on vacation
my aunt has all of our family's old photographs in her keeping
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Today, many of those sales happen with little or no record-keeping.
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Rob Pegoraro, PC Magazine, 7 Oct. 2025
Station keeping The Expedition 73 crewmates also took part in activities to maintain the space station's systems and prepare for future research.
—Robert Z. Pearlman, Space.com, 3 Oct. 2025
That’s far from 41 degrees or below for safe keeping of cheese, and a Stop Sale was issued.
—David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 26 Sep. 2025
This was just one of a great number of changes the couple made to the house over several years, gradually altering the layout of the rooms and adding a bath and an oven as their fortunes improved, thanks to the increasing popularity of Virginia’s work and Leonard’s attentive book-keeping.
—Katie Da Cunha Lewin
september 26, Literary Hub, 26 Sep. 2025
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Rob Pegoraro, PC Magazine, 7 Oct. 2025
Station keeping The Expedition 73 crewmates also took part in activities to maintain the space station's systems and prepare for future research.
—Robert Z. Pearlman, Space.com, 3 Oct. 2025
That’s far from 41 degrees or below for safe keeping of cheese, and a Stop Sale was issued.
—David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 26 Sep. 2025
This was just one of a great number of changes the couple made to the house over several years, gradually altering the layout of the rooms and adding a bath and an oven as their fortunes improved, thanks to the increasing popularity of Virginia’s work and Leonard’s attentive book-keeping.
—Katie Da Cunha Lewin
september 26, Literary Hub, 26 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for keeping
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“Keeping.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/keeping. Accessed 21 Oct. 2025.
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