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retention

[ri-ten-shuhn] / rɪˈtɛn ʃən /




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Retention rates for shoppers spending at least $10,000 annually were above 90%.

From MarketWatch • Jan. 14, 2026

Retention of learning capacity into adulthood thus seems to be a beneficial attribute for tool-using species, a key insight into the evolution of chimpanzees as well as humans.

From Science Daily • May 7, 2024

Mead, which was based in the United States until a British company bought it in 2017, termed the strategy A-R-E: Acquisition, Retention, Extension.

From Salon • Mar. 23, 2024

Retention policies mean universities can delete data after a certain period of time, which several gave as reasons they could not respond.

From BBC • Mar. 7, 2024

The next faculty of the mind whereby it makes a further progress towards knowledge is that which I call Retention, or the keeping of those simple ideas which from sensation or reflection it hath received.

From The World's Greatest Books — Volume 14 — Philosophy and Economics by Hammerton, John Alexander, Sir




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