as in maintenance
the act of keeping something or someone
The company's rate of employee retention is 80 percent.
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Recent Examples of retention
The best steel for easy sharpening and edge retention is what’s referred to as carbon steel, named for the high percentage of carbon in its makeup—at least 0.6% and up to 1%.
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Jesse Raub, Bon Appetit Magazine, 20 Aug. 2025
Treat standing water in retention ponds or drainage ditches with a mosquito larvicide.
—Kristen Jordan Shamus, Freep.com, 19 Aug. 2025
This observation is not only limited to individual retention.
—Ascend Agency, New York Daily News, 7 Aug. 2025
Deliberate recruiting, strategic outsourcing and transparent onboarding processes can lead to improvements in both retention and performance.
—Helen Mason, Forbes.com, 5 Aug. 2025
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Jesse Raub, Bon Appetit Magazine, 20 Aug. 2025
Treat standing water in retention ponds or drainage ditches with a mosquito larvicide.
—Kristen Jordan Shamus, Freep.com, 19 Aug. 2025
This observation is not only limited to individual retention.
—Ascend Agency, New York Daily News, 7 Aug. 2025
Deliberate recruiting, strategic outsourcing and transparent onboarding processes can lead to improvements in both retention and performance.
—Helen Mason, Forbes.com, 5 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for retention
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One option is to purchase a battery maintainer/maintenance charger to keep the battery sufficiently charged when your car isn't in use.—
Eric D. Lawrence,
USA Today,
18 Aug. 2025
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Some inmates held in the wing's second floor who spoke with IndyStar described suffering health complications, such as feeling sick and struggling to breathe as maintenance continues.—
Matthew Cupelli,
IndyStar,
16 Aug. 2025
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Holcomb signed a letter of intent with Michigan City in December 2024, laying the groundwork to transfer ownership of the prison site to the city by Jan. 1, 2029.—
Casey Smith,
IndyStar,
22 Aug. 2025
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Address issues accordingly—create clear career paths, give developers ownership of meaningful projects, establish mentorship programs, and so on.—
Expert Panel®,
Forbes.com,
22 Aug. 2025
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The states argue the administration can’t threaten to withhold the more than $1 billion in federal grants from a program created in 1984 to bolster support for crime victims.—
Maureen Groppe,
USA Today,
19 Aug. 2025
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President Donald Trump had just spent several hours in meetings with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and seven other leaders from Europe who had come along in a frantic effort to shore up U.S. support for the Ukrainian position.—
Simon Shuster,
Time,
19 Aug. 2025
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President Erika Sloane, however, convinces Ethan to return to stop a self-aware artificial intelligence program called The Entity before the AI takes control of all the world’s nuclear arsenals and causes nuclear Armageddon.—
Tim Lammers,
Forbes.com,
16 Aug. 2025
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On Monday morning, Trump unveiled his plans, announcing a historic escalation of law enforcement in D.C. by deploying the National Guard to patrol the streets and placing the city’s police department under federal control.—
John R. Lott Jr,
The Orlando Sentinel,
16 Aug. 2025
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“Retention.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/retention. Accessed 27 Aug. 2025.
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