KEEPS (ON) Synonyms: 78 Similar and Opposite Words

keeps (on)

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present tense third-person singular of keep (on)

as in runs on

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Underneath that big, beautiful screen, the ThinkPad E16 runs on an AMD Ryzen 7 series CPU, which can easily handle everyday multitasking, office work, and even some light gaming sessions when all the work is said and done.

— Kelsey Fogarty, PC Magazine, 20 Oct. 2026
Tick the box for dim sum Served from morning until early afternoon, dim sum is the fuel that Hong Kong runs on.

— Lee Cobaj, Condé Nast Traveler, 20 Oct. 2026

Definition of runs on

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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

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Our parent company, CRH, employs 1,278 people across 59 locations in 48 North Carolina communities to produce the aggregates, asphalt, masonry products, pipe, and precast solutions that make construction possible.

— Kevin Blackwell, Charlotte Observer, 21 Oct. 2026
And when a trillion-dollar company receives generous tax incentives for a building that employs relatively few permanent workers, local officials are entitled to ask what their constituents are getting.

— Zev Laine, Forbes.com, 20 Oct. 2026

Definition of employs

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After much hemming and hawing, Diplo selects an orange flower to purchase and posts a video to his Instagram stories in which the man holds up his shopping bag printed with a website for his wares.

— Ian Servantes, Footwear News, 20 Oct. 2026
The first kind holds up under pressure, the second kind doesn’t.

— Flavio Maluf, Forbes.com, 20 Oct. 2026

Definition of holds up

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The latest unit retains the same first six forward ratios as the outgoing Carrera T’s manual transmission, but ditches its predecessor’s somewhat awkward and largely superfluous seventh gear.

— Bradley Iger, Robb Report, 16 Oct. 2026
Lerner retains her credit as executive proucer alongside Helford; Curtis; Eric and Kim Tannenbaum and Jason Wang for the Tannenbaum Company; Scott Schwartz; and Lionsgate Television.

— Selome Hailu, Variety, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of retains

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However, as critic Robert Christagu recently argued in his newsletter, a lingering doubt persists that any singer-songwriter can repeat Dylan’s Nobel win.

— Devon Ivie, Vulture, 19 Oct. 2026
Backlash to higher prices persists even as governments spend to keep citizens happy.

— Justin Worland, Time, 17 Oct. 2026

Definition of persists

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Alvin Cheung, the university’s president and CEO, said the school recruits people who are comfortable participating in medical education and helping students develop clinical skills.

— Daniel Hunt, Sacbee.com, 18 Oct. 2026
The Republican National Committee, for one, recruits observers to keep elections secure and transparent.

— Ashley Lopez, NPR, 14 Oct. 2026

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