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
Duncan Disposal, also named as a defendant in the lawsuit, is accused of vicarious liability, negligent hiring, retention and supervision, and negligent entrustment.
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Nick Lentz, CBS News, 1 Apr. 2026
This could mean that a recruiter needs to close a deal by Friday to get a candidate in, or a retention bump gets approved because a specific manager makes a really good case for it.
—Francesca Cassidy, Fortune, 1 Apr. 2026
The biggest retention target is likely big man Flory Bidunga.
—Shreyas Laddha, Kansas City Star, 1 Apr. 2026
View gallery - 4 images Some of the world's best skis and snowboards are made from a combination of materials, including wood at the core for its strength, low weight, and shape retention.
—Abhimanyu Ghoshal, New Atlas, 30 Mar. 2026
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Nick Lentz, CBS News, 1 Apr. 2026
This could mean that a recruiter needs to close a deal by Friday to get a candidate in, or a retention bump gets approved because a specific manager makes a really good case for it.
—Francesca Cassidy, Fortune, 1 Apr. 2026
The biggest retention target is likely big man Flory Bidunga.
—Shreyas Laddha, Kansas City Star, 1 Apr. 2026
View gallery - 4 images Some of the world's best skis and snowboards are made from a combination of materials, including wood at the core for its strength, low weight, and shape retention.
—Abhimanyu Ghoshal, New Atlas, 30 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for retention
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The gas tax is a key source of funding for road construction and maintenance across North Carolina, and lawmakers said eliminating it even temporarily could slow projects or worsen existing infrastructure needs.—
Nora O'Neill,
Charlotte Observer,
7 Apr. 2026
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Plus, the all-in-one station handles emptying, washing, and hot-air drying for total hands-free maintenance.—
Juhi Wadia,
PC Magazine,
6 Apr. 2026
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But we’re invited to see him as, despite these foibles, amusing and retaining, and his cynicism about everything and his lack of moral scruple is—actually, we’re invited to see this as a kind of higher wisdom.—
David Frum,
The Atlantic,
25 Mar. 2026
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Pack a blanket or a warm outer layer Older people have a harder time producing, retaining, and circulating body heat.—
Katie Jackson,
Travel + Leisure,
8 Mar. 2026
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Meanwhile, in December, Paramount said Chinese gaming and internet company Tencent, which had committed $1 billion to the Paramount Skydance bid, was no longer a financing partner because of the WBD board’s concerns over foreign ownership.—
Todd Spangler,
Variety,
6 Apr. 2026
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His firing, sparked by a clash with ownership on the brink of the playoffs, was nearly as bizarre as this hiring.—
Dana O’Neil,
CNN Money,
6 Apr. 2026
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The festival is funded in part by the city of Charlotte, with additional support from the Hispanic Federation.—
Adam Bell
April 2,
Charlotte Observer,
2 Apr. 2026
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With French support all but evaporated, organizers scramble for alternative sources.—
Smooth Nzewi,
Artforum,
2 Apr. 2026
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The public displays of control are happening amid an internal bureaucratic collapse.—
Cora Engelbrecht,
New Yorker,
3 Apr. 2026
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But the major goal of the flight, along with putting the Orion through its paces, is to test the planning, procedures and flight control protocols for managing upcoming moon landing missions after a half-century gap between the Artemis and Apollo programs.—
William Harwood,
CBS News,
3 Apr. 2026
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“Retention.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/retention. Accessed 7 Apr. 2026.
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