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- I plan to retain the family heirlooms until my own children are mature enough to appreciate them, and then I will lovingly pass them on
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- that author retains the right to veto any changes in his books suggested by his publisher's notoriously intrusive editor
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- her neighbor retained her as a nanny for the summer, thus giving her something to do until school started again
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“Retains.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/retains. Accessed 22 May. 2022.
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