retention

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Recent Examples of retention It’s crafted from enameled porcelain that encourages optimal heat retention while resisting rust. 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 See All Example Sentences for retention
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Noun
  • 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
  • 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
Noun
  • Form a governance council with IT, compliance and operations to ensure data ownership, accountability and consistent standards.
    Diganta Sengupta, Forbes.com, 23 June 2025
  • 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
Noun
  • The Three of Pentacles highlights teamwork, support, and building something with others.
    Meghan Rose, Glamour, 1 July 2025
  • Offer tuition support and loan assistance as part of employee benefits to reduce financial barriers to graduate education.
    Leadership Brainery, Forbes.com, 1 July 2025
Noun
  • 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
  • Peña has 2 1/2 years of team control remaining and won't hit free agency until the end of the 2027 season.
    Drew VonScio, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 June 2025

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“Retention.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/retention. Accessed 6 Jul. 2025.

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