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
That threatens retention, particularly among high performers, who often leave for better career support that strong middle managers provide.
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Lily Mae Lazarus, Fortune, 21 Apr. 2025
Improvement in these key areas will improve issues around declining enrollment, stakeholder mistrust and retention of great teachers and staff.
—Silas Allen, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 20 Apr. 2025
The best way to overcome this skepticism is to speak their language and tie coaching outcomes to measurable business metrics like team productivity, retention rates and innovation cycles.
—Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 9 Apr. 2025
Some base layers have a touch of spandex for shape retention.
—Maggie Slepian, Travel + Leisure, 7 Apr. 2025
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Lily Mae Lazarus, Fortune, 21 Apr. 2025
Improvement in these key areas will improve issues around declining enrollment, stakeholder mistrust and retention of great teachers and staff.
—Silas Allen, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 20 Apr. 2025
The best way to overcome this skepticism is to speak their language and tie coaching outcomes to measurable business metrics like team productivity, retention rates and innovation cycles.
—Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 9 Apr. 2025
Some base layers have a touch of spandex for shape retention.
—Maggie Slepian, Travel + Leisure, 7 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for retention
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Strategic Survival In The Age Of AI Healthcare organizations are hesitant to invest in AI due to high upfront costs, ongoing expenses for system maintenance, and the need for continuous human oversight.—
James Lindsey,
Forbes.com,
18 Apr. 2025
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Then, a family needs to budget for shelter, food and other monthly maintenance costs.—
Daniel Eduardo Hernandez,
Los Angeles Times,
17 Apr. 2025
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That transformation, from role player to multimillionaire businessman, stood out in a league where endorsements and flashy purchases were often more visible than equity or ownership.—
Azeem Khan,
Forbes.com,
24 Apr. 2025
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What to Know The Kremlin had said it is aligned with Trump's recent comments on Crimea that the Black Sea peninsula is lost to Ukraine and its ownership is not a point of discussion in the peace negotiations.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 Apr. 2025
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Their support means everything to me and reflects the strong foundation of my campaign.—
Harrison Mantas,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
20 Apr. 2025
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There is also bipartisan support for the Smithsonian American Women’s History Museum Act to be located on the mall.—
Deborah Barfield Berry,
USA Today,
20 Apr. 2025
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The Hanged Man asks you to fully surrender control and embrace this chapter of stillness.—
Meghan Rose,
Glamour,
1 May 2025
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That proposal would see Moscow de facto control parts of the Kherson, Zaporizhzhia, Luhansk and Donetsk regions that Russia occupies but does not fully control.—
Tom Rogers,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 Apr. 2025
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“Retention.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/retention. Accessed 3 May. 2025.
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