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as in held on
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as in signed (up or on)
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for kept (on)
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The primary election is set to be held on March 3, but early voting will begin Tuesday.—
Timothy Nerozzi,
The Washington Examiner,
17 Feb. 2026 -
Powerball drawings are held on Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday nights.—
Fernando Cervantes Jr,
USA Today,
17 Feb. 2026
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Second game Donovan Mitchell took a pass under the net from LeBron James and kicked it out to Fox on the perimeter for the winner.—
Greg Beacham,
Twin Cities,
16 Feb. 2026
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The existing plan needs not to be a ‘can kicked down the road’ but to be addressed and adjusted responsibly.—
Eleanor Dearman,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
14 Feb. 2026
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This was the second ad that GM ran on Super Bowl Sunday.—
Jackie Charniga,
USA Today,
10 Feb. 2026
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The original 4 Blocks ran for three seasons on Warner Bros Discovery’s German net TNT Series and ran on Prime Video internationally.—
Jesse Whittock,
Deadline,
20 Jan. 2026
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Rerouting the current $17,670 adoption tax credit to married parents for each of their own newborns, as long as one parent is employed.—
Kate Perez,
USA Today,
11 Feb. 2026
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The owner of Joe Gibbs Racing — which has employed Hamlin as a driver for decades — has lost two sons in his lifetime.—
Alex Zietlow,
Charlotte Observer,
11 Feb. 2026
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Staff from the oil division of the Oklahoma Corporation Commission began taking samples of the Boarmans’ water in August 2023, about a week after Tammy Boarman’s first pollution complaint, and continued doing so every few months, following the agency’s protocol.—
Nick Bowlin,
The Frontier,
16 Feb. 2026
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Johnson and singer Role Model continued to spark romance rumors late last month after they were spotted on yet another dinner date in Los Angeles, marking their third joint sighting in just weeks.—
Hannah Malach,
InStyle,
16 Feb. 2026
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The actress met Bingham on the set of Yellowstone in 2020 when Harrison took on the role of Laramie.—
Josh Crutchmer,
Rolling Stone,
17 Feb. 2026
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So Etess increasingly took on more roles at the resort.—
Jackie Hajdenberg,
Sun Sentinel,
3 Feb. 2026
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The Milwaukee Fire Department responded to the scene as the infant was lowered to safety in a car seat carrier held up by what appeared to be a tow strap, local ABC affiliate WXOW reported.—
Madison E. Goldberg,
PEOPLE,
4 Feb. 2026
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Jr, and Grace Gummer’s Caroline Kennedy, Watts created a multi-texture visual effect with an off-the-shoulder black gown that appeared to be held up by an attached silver chainmail bib.—
Lara Walsh,
InStyle,
4 Feb. 2026
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Cocktail dresses and cozy twinsets have been swapped out for work-appropriate blazers and cardigans layered over shirts, though Rowe retained some of Jones’s flirty personality by dressing her in pieces such as a mini skirt, made more demure styled with stockings.—
Kati Chitrakorn,
CNN Money,
17 Feb. 2026
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But the parents opting out point to research showing that students who used computers at school performed worse academically and that information is better retained when read on paper.—
Tyler Kingkade,
NBC news,
16 Feb. 2026
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“Kept (on).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/kept%20%28on%29. Accessed 18 Feb. 2026.
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