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
Once full, a solid block can be removed from the mold and used for practical purposes, such as retention walls.
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Jake Goodrick, Sacbee.com, 8 Nov. 2025
Some of this weight gain is temporary and related to water retention.
—Sherri Gordon, Health, 8 Nov. 2025
That could include adding positions like peer support specialists, addressing retention challenges like access to child care and establishing partnerships between hospitals and nearby colleges to produce a steady stream of workers.
—Madeline Heim, jsonline.com, 7 Nov. 2025
Calvo says his broader plan also includes tackling retention by creating workforce housing for first responders.
—Verónica Egui Brito, Miami Herald, 7 Nov. 2025
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Jake Goodrick, Sacbee.com, 8 Nov. 2025
Some of this weight gain is temporary and related to water retention.
—Sherri Gordon, Health, 8 Nov. 2025
That could include adding positions like peer support specialists, addressing retention challenges like access to child care and establishing partnerships between hospitals and nearby colleges to produce a steady stream of workers.
—Madeline Heim, jsonline.com, 7 Nov. 2025
Calvo says his broader plan also includes tackling retention by creating workforce housing for first responders.
—Verónica Egui Brito, Miami Herald, 7 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for retention
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Under the Biden administration, DHS issued a new final rule in 2022 that restored the pre-2019 standard, limiting public-charge consideration to cash benefits for income maintenance and long-term care, and excluding most non-cash programs.—
Billal Rahman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
5 Nov. 2025
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Preliminary information indicates the flight was not delayed, and no immediate maintenance work was performed before takeoff, officials said.—
Alexandra Koch,
FOXNews.com,
5 Nov. 2025
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Lynch retaining seems likely, but Bella’s presence brings nostalgia and star power for the international audience.—
Brian Mazique,
Forbes.com,
30 Aug. 2025
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On the earnings call, Ripley said Sinclair expects the FCC to raise — or eliminate — the 39% national ownership cap on TV station ownership in the first half of 2026.—
Todd Spangler,
Variety,
5 Nov. 2025
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Without an international framework, commercial ventures must navigate a patchwork of national laws and evolving interpretations of space ownership.—
Kaif Shaikh,
Interesting Engineering,
5 Nov. 2025
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Ensuring officials have the mental and technological support for making big decisions in big matches with big consequences?—
Megan Feringa,
New York Times,
9 Nov. 2025
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All face charges of providing material support to a foreign terrorist organization, and additional juvenile cases may be under seal.—
Jasmine Baehr,
FOXNews.com,
9 Nov. 2025
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The scale of the Republican Party's triumph in 2024—taking the White House, flipping the Senate and maintaining control of the House—has sparked soul-searching within the Democratic Party over what went wrong, how to rebuild, and party leadership and direction.—
Mandy Taheri,
MSNBC Newsweek,
6 Nov. 2025
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The Philippines is one of Asia’s most flood-prone countries but this year it has also been mired in a massive corruption scandal involving flood control projects that have brought thousands of protesters out onto the streets.—
Helen Regan,
CNN Money,
6 Nov. 2025
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“Retention.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/retention. Accessed 29 Nov. 2025.
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