retained

Aldosterone causes sodium to be retained, which increases water retention and blood pressure.

"It appears that when each concept retained in memory is characterized in terms of seven features -- as opposed to, say, five or eight -- the number of distinct objects held in memory is maximized."

Although the bill evolved, it retained a mechanism to raise issues related to how ethnic studies is taught.

It was not clear if he had retained an attorney.

In recent years the band - who despite line-up changes have always retained a core of Roddy, Rod and drummer Colin Newton - revisited the record for a series of shows playing it in full.