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
An adventurous trek into a Charlotte retention pond turned potentially deadly when a child became trapped in the water and disappeared, according to rescuers.
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Mark Price,
Charlotte Observer,
18 June 2026
On top of adoption friction, Bland’s core verticals—healthcare and financial services—carry strict rules around HIPAA, AI disclosures, and data retention.
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Lily Mae Lazarus,
Fortune,
16 June 2026
But those thread-like mushroom filaments also bind soils together, which enhances soil structure, drainage, and moisture retention.
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Lauren Landers,
The Spruce,
16 June 2026
Our pros say that mulch can become compacted over time, which is what causes the chips to lose their moisture retention and other benefits.
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Ashlyn Needham,
Southern Living,
14 June 2026
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Mark Price,
Charlotte Observer,
18 June 2026
On top of adoption friction, Bland’s core verticals—healthcare and financial services—carry strict rules around HIPAA, AI disclosures, and data retention.
—
Lily Mae Lazarus,
Fortune,
16 June 2026
But those thread-like mushroom filaments also bind soils together, which enhances soil structure, drainage, and moisture retention.
—
Lauren Landers,
The Spruce,
16 June 2026
Our pros say that mulch can become compacted over time, which is what causes the chips to lose their moisture retention and other benefits.
—
Ashlyn Needham,
Southern Living,
14 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for retention
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Love’s Travel Stops just expanded its service offerings for RVs, including light maintenance, battery replacement and tire replacement.
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Thermal monitoring detected a bearing temperature rising toward 140°C, allowing maintenance teams to schedule an eight-hour repair instead of responding to a costly emergency failure.
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Older people have a harder time producing, retaining, and circulating body heat.
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The fabric is the smooth, soft feel that Lululemon is famous for, while still being breathable, sweat-wicking, and shape-retaining.
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Daryl Fairweather, chief economist at the real estate firm Redfin, expressed doubt that the bill would meaningfully boost the nation's housing supply, noting that investors could potentially skirt the ownership cap by breaking their holdings into smaller entities.
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The chaebol has risen in prominence over the past year owing to its ownership of SK Hynix, one of the world’s most important producers of memory chips and a major supplier to Nvidia.
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Overall, half of Americans (50%) support displaying the Ten Commandments in classrooms, including 83% of White evangelicals and 72% of Republicans.
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Trailing 3-1 in the third, Ohtani provided his own run support, singling to center to score Alex Freeland from second after the Dodgers infielder had led off with a double.
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Turn into the skid - Turning into the skid can help the vehicle's tires realign to regain control.
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Both were thrown onto the roadway as the carriage continued out of control.
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“Retention.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/retention. Accessed 26 Jun. 2026.
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