kept (on)

verb

Definition of kept (on)next
past tense of keep (on)
1
as in held on

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2
as in signed (up or on)

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for kept (on)
  1. held on
  2. employed
  3. kicked
  4. took on
  5. ran on
  6. retained
  7. continued
  8. recruited
Verb
  • Public hearings for the case were held on two separate days in march and April, with more than 30 people attending, the court said.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 6 July 2026
  • The next Federal Reserve meeting, meanwhile, will be held on July 28 and July 29.
    — Matt Richardson, CBS News, 29 June 2026
Definition of held on
Verb
  • The businessman employed an array of shell companies and strawmen to sign documents on his behalf, and to stand in for him as operators of his companies, according to the affidavit.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 6 July 2026
  • Additionally, the transit method employed by TESS usually has a search radius of around 150 light-years.
    — Robert Lea, Space.com, 6 July 2026
Definition of employed
Verb
  • But it’s kicked into a higher gear recently after democratic socialists won several New York City congressional primaries last week.
    — Steven Sloan, Los Angeles Times, 2 July 2026
  • But it's kicked into a higher gear recently after democratic socialists won several New York City congressional primaries last week.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 2 July 2026
Definition of kicked
Verb
  • Jefferson took on the role of writing the first draft of the declaration.
    — Richard Lederer, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 July 2026
  • Ament didn’t quite reach his offensive potential at Tennessee, but this is not dissimilar to the gamble the Bucks once took on a young Antetokounmpo.
    — Rohan Nadkarni, NBC news, 24 June 2026
Definition of took on
Verb
  • Stuart Fails to Save the Universe is the fourth show in the Big Bang Theory-verse, following the original series, which ran on CBS from 2005-19, and prequels Young Sheldon and Georgie & Mandy’s First Marriage, also on CBS.
    — Rick Porter, HollywoodReporter, 23 June 2026
  • The former hedge fund manager ran on a progressive platform, promising to slash electricity bills by 25%, build 1 million new homes and rollout single-payer health insurance.
    — Ben Paviour, Sacbee.com, 9 June 2026
Definition of ran on
Verb
  • For ordinary users, this means more personal information is collected, passed through more systems and retained in more databases, all in the name of preventing crime.
    — Susie Violet Ward, Forbes.com, 2 July 2026
  • Under the Federal Lands Recreation Enhancement Act of 2004, at least 80% of the entrance fees paid onsite must be retained and used at the national park where the fees are collected.
    — Swapna Venugopal Ramaswamy, USA Today, 2 July 2026
Definition of retained
Verb
  • The Heat began Tuesday by retaining three-point shooting forward Simone Fontecchio in free agency, and then continued to address its need for outside shooting when league-wide free agent negotiations were permitted to begin Tuesday night.
    — Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 1 July 2026
  • Still, the landowner had continued to find pieces of wreckage for years.
    — Kocha Olarn, CNN Money, 1 July 2026
Definition of continued
Verb
  • Within six months of living in Houston with his uncle, Michael Strahan was recruited to play college football.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 4 July 2026
  • Novelo attended the San Francisco Art Institute and received his MFA from Stanford before Holberton recruited him to San Jose State.
    — Sal Pizarro, Mercury News, 4 July 2026
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