keeps (on)

verb

present tense third-person singular of keep (on)
1
as in runs on

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2
as in takes on

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for keeps (on)
  1. runs on
  2. takes on
  3. holds on
  4. employs
  5. holds up
  6. retains
  7. persists
  8. recruits
Verb
  • Fedde allowed two runs on four hits with one strikeout and one walk in 5 1/3 innings as the bulk pitcher following opener Hagen Smith.
    — LaMond Pope, Chicago Tribune, 11 Sep. 2026
  • Gusto allowed five runs on 10 hits and two walks across 4 2/3 innings, ending what had been a nice stretch.
    — Brandon Liguori, Miami Herald, 11 Sep. 2026
Definition of runs on
Verb
  • Closing out the evening at Louis Armstrong Stadium, ​American Learner Tien takes on Russian Karen Khachanov, hoping to join compatriots Ben Shelton, Frances Tiafoe and Alex Michelsen in ​the last eight.
    — Reuters, NBC news, 7 Sep. 2026
  • Newport Harbor is 9-0 and takes on Edison and Marina in league matches this week before beginning play in the Dave Mohs tournament.
    — Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 31 Aug. 2026
Definition of takes on
Verb
  • The compilation misses remaining in the highest tier by only two rungs, while The Essential Michael Jackson barely holds on inside the bottom quarter of the 200-position roster.
    — Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 20 July 2026
  • House Bill 945 establishes new regulations for cryptocurrency kiosks and allows financial institutions to place temporary holds on transactions when elder financial exploitation is suspected.
    — Christopher Harris, CBS News, 29 June 2026
Definition of holds on
Verb
  • The company already had a strong corporate presence in the city, but has since expanded and employs 2,500 Georgians, as well as workers around the world at 5,300 global locations.
    — Irene Wright, USA Today, 9 Sep. 2026
  • The company employs about 850 people, does hundreds of millions of dollars in infrastructure work around the Northeast, and is frequently Connecticut’s choice on big-ticket contracts to construct schools, rebuild highways or repair bridges.
    — Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 8 Sep. 2026
Definition of employs
Verb
  • However, that lofty goal holds up only until personal beliefs collide with reality.
    — Oline Cogdill, Sun Sentinel, 24 Aug. 2026
  • The diagnosis holds up, and the crypto casino economy has grown on that demand.
    — Boaz Sobrado, Forbes.com, 19 Aug. 2026
Definition of holds up
Verb
  • The Aura 3 Pro retains most of the flagship’s core hardware while dialing back the raw specs a bit.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 8 Sep. 2026
  • Chicago retains a hand in many of these structures that have begun in the offices of our architects and engineers.
    — Edward Keegan, Chicago Tribune, 6 Sep. 2026
Definition of retains
Verb
  • Their competitiveness has been consumed by the reactions from two audiences with incompatible expectations, and some of that nonsense persists because no one at the top did the work of refereeing the discourse.
    — Jerry Brewer, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026
  • The waste persists because there’s a gap between knowing and doing, measured in human latency no dashboard can close.
    — Devendra Rajput, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2026
Definition of persists
Verb
  • Standout recruits among the mass of volunteers were selected for additional training and assigned to high-priority operations.
    — Daniel Byman, Foreign Affairs, 8 Sep. 2026
  • Ryu and Ken Masters’ paths collide again after Chun-Li (Liang) tracks them down and recruits them for the next World Warrior Tournament.
    — Christopher Rudolph, PEOPLE, 6 Sep. 2026
Definition of recruits
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“Keeps (on).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/keeps%20%28on%29. Accessed 13 Sep. 2026.

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