keep (on)

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for keep (on)
Verb
  • Because of the holiday, the Downtown Elgin Market and the French Market in West Dundee won’t be held on Friday, July 4.
    Mike Danahey, Chicago Tribune, 30 June 2025
  • Grenier was held on a $200,000 bond and was expected to be arraigned on Monday in Norwich Superior Court.
    Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 30 June 2025
Verb
  • The Secret of Us, the second full-length from Abrams, is growing by leaps and bounds on a number of albums rankings at the same time, and that trend could continue.
    Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 8 July 2025
  • The series will launch on Aug. 8 in Sunrise, FL, and continue through the fall, finishing with the league’s championship opener on Oct. 24 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.
    Ted Johnson, Deadline, 8 July 2025
Verb
  • The Yankees took on most of the $52.5 million remaining on Bellinger’s contract and sent spot starter Cody Poteet to the Cubs in return.
    Peter Sblendorio, New York Daily News, 12 July 2025
  • The club will take on second-place Vancouver on July 19 and host Nashville on July 25.
    Ryan Finley, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 July 2025
Verb
  • The measure narrowly survived the Senate after a marathon session ended with Vice President JD Vance casting the tie-breaking vote Tuesday.
    Caitlin Yilek July 1, CBS News, 1 July 2025
  • To survive, pedal builders are doing something unusual in a competitive business: turning to one another for help.
    Jim Edwards, Fortune, 1 July 2025
Verb
  • Peter Shane, an adjunct professor at New York University School of Law, told USA TODAY that over the years Congress has given the president authority to move parts of agencies around, but retained veto authority over the changes following the 1930s New Deal.
    Erin Mansfield, USA Today, 10 July 2025
  • Schools have used the money to recruit and retain educators during the state’s ongoing teacher shortage.
    Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 10 July 2025
Verb
  • For a start, the first round didn’t kick-off until February, unlike late August this time around.
    Richard Sutcliffe, New York Times, 10 Apr. 2025
  • But even that season’s team hardly ever practiced on the field, and in recent years it’s been used only by the team’s kicking specialist and as a spot where rehabbing players work out on the side.
    Matt Barrows, New York Times, 10 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • Employees with more debt are more likely to job hop—around 61% of employees without debt were willing to stay with their current employer compared to 39% of borrowers, according to a report from MissionSquare Research.
    Brit Morse, Fortune, 10 July 2025
  • And how can job seekers spot red flags to decipher the responsibilities and expectations often hidden between the lines.
    Bryan Robinson, Forbes.com, 26 June 2025
Verb
  • As age-gap relationships persist, despite the think-pieces, so will novels with age-gap relationships.
    Hattie Williams July 14, Literary Hub, 14 July 2025
  • The customs house submitted a report Saturday indicating that the server slowdown had negatively impacted import-export assessments since July 1, further complicating congestion issues that have persisted at the port.
    Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 14 July 2025
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“Keep (on).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/keep%20%28on%29. Accessed 18 Jul. 2025.

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