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
It’s crafted from enameled porcelain that encourages optimal heat retention while resisting rust.
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Maggie Horton, People.com, 18 June 2025
This notable retention rate undoubtedly owes in part to Four Seasons’ rarefied in-flight experience, which Fortune got a glimpse of during a whirlwind media journey last March.
—Alexandra Kirkman, Fortune, 18 June 2025
And the sheer retention on the Broncos’ front, a group that allowed the third-fewest sacks of any team in the NFL in 2024, is as important as any injection of receiving or defensive talent this offseason.
—Luca Evans, Denver Post, 18 June 2025
The employee keeps more of their paycheck, and the employer gets a retention and recruitment tool.
—Suzanne Blake, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 June 2025
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Maggie Horton, People.com, 18 June 2025
This notable retention rate undoubtedly owes in part to Four Seasons’ rarefied in-flight experience, which Fortune got a glimpse of during a whirlwind media journey last March.
—Alexandra Kirkman, Fortune, 18 June 2025
And the sheer retention on the Broncos’ front, a group that allowed the third-fewest sacks of any team in the NFL in 2024, is as important as any injection of receiving or defensive talent this offseason.
—Luca Evans, Denver Post, 18 June 2025
The employee keeps more of their paycheck, and the employer gets a retention and recruitment tool.
—Suzanne Blake, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for retention
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Lee said obtaining those skills can take anywhere from a day or two for a forklift certification to up to four years of education and apprenticeship programs for maintenance technicians, one of the most in-demand manufacturing jobs today.—
Bailey Schulz,
USA Today,
30 June 2025
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During a maintenance task to stir the oxygen tanks, an electrical short causes one of the tanks to explode, with the other rapidly venting its oxygen into space.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
29 June 2025
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Form a governance council with IT, compliance and operations to ensure data ownership, accountability and consistent standards.—
Diganta Sengupta,
Forbes.com,
23 June 2025
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When the original ownership group headed by Mickey Monus and John Antonucci crumbled, Charlie put up an additional $8.5 million to purchase the controlling general partnership stock.—
Patrick Saunders,
Denver Post,
22 June 2025
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Carter’s has increased support to help address the need for affordable housing and its latest contribution will help fund the unit within the Cottages at Heritage Grove, a 55-plus pocket neighborhood located in Tavares that has 23 homes.—
Orlando Sentinel Staff,
The Orlando Sentinel,
19 June 2025
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Despite the proposal receiving some bipartisan support Wednesday afternoon, lawmakers on the Joint Legislative Audit Committee stopped short of recommending the project be audited.—
Kate Wolffe,
Sacbee.com,
19 June 2025
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In traditional robots, a control system analyzes sensory data and tells the machine what to do.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
29 June 2025
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Ranged across the top of the SoundLink Plus there is a strip of soft-touch controls for turning the speaker on and off, initiating Bluetooth pairing, syncing with other Bose speakers, as well as playing and pausing music, skipping tracks and adjusting volume levels.—
Mark Sparrow,
Forbes.com,
29 June 2025
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“Retention.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/retention. Accessed 3 Jul. 2025.
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