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retention

[ri-ten-shuhn] / rɪˈtɛn ʃən /




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At Shenandoah University, administrators a few years ago began asking students about ways to improve recruitment and retention at the 150-year-old private school in northern Virginia.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 3, 2026

The same logic can be applied to the retention of their current squad.

From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026

Data also show that retention rates have fallen under Luna after rising precipitously toward the end of Villanueva’s tenure.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

What are the churn and retention rates for clients?

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 23, 2026

Heather has stopped eating and complains about fluid retention.

From "Speak" by Laurie Halse Anderson

Earlier this month, Kluska was much more optimistic about the trials after meeting with Mereo management, who were “very pleased” with trial retentions.

From MarketWatch ● Dec. 29, 2025

He said his plan includes an increase in “investment in recruitment and retentions to rebuild our ranks and revitalize morale,” and pledged to reorganize the agency to create more opportunities for advancement.

From Washington Post ● Mar. 31, 2023

Superchargers' retentions have left them with a fairly strong core, but they could do with a right-handed top-order batter to partner and complement Adam Lyth.

From BBC ● Mar. 23, 2023

The whistleblower said the purpose of the retentions department, which he worked in, was to “squeeze the money” from clients until they were down to “the last cent”.

From The Guardian ● Mar. 1, 2020

In many instances these are retentions of positions assumed by the limbs of the fœtus in the course of evolution, and are therefore, in the adult, expressions of degeneracy.

From Degeneracy Its Causes, Signs and Results by Eugene S. Talbot




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