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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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During the Civil War, South Carolina transferred official papers from the Lowcountry, where New Cut is located, to Columbia for safe keeping.
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Driver aids include automatic high-beams, a backup camera, a blind-spot monitor, a cross-traffic alert, a driver-monitoring alert, a lane-departure warning, a lane-keeping assist, a parking aid, and stability-control functionality.
—John Scott Lewinski, Robb Report, 8 Apr. 2026
Colorado is experiencing its worst snowpack levels since record-keeping began in 1941.
—John Aguilar, Denver Post, 7 Apr. 2026
The move, which the US president has repeatedly threatened as his war with Iran drags on, would represent a break with decades of US policy keeping open the sea lanes that carry four-fifths of the $35 trillion global goods trade.
—Gerry Doyle, Fortune, 5 Apr. 2026
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Literary Hub, 10 Apr. 2026
Driver aids include automatic high-beams, a backup camera, a blind-spot monitor, a cross-traffic alert, a driver-monitoring alert, a lane-departure warning, a lane-keeping assist, a parking aid, and stability-control functionality.
—John Scott Lewinski, Robb Report, 8 Apr. 2026
Colorado is experiencing its worst snowpack levels since record-keeping began in 1941.
—John Aguilar, Denver Post, 7 Apr. 2026
The move, which the US president has repeatedly threatened as his war with Iran drags on, would represent a break with decades of US policy keeping open the sea lanes that carry four-fifths of the $35 trillion global goods trade.
—Gerry Doyle, Fortune, 5 Apr. 2026
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“Keeping.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/keeping. Accessed 16 Apr. 2026.
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