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occupying adj.
retaining adj.

ADJECTIVE

occupying

Synonyms

STRONG

commanding controlling covering holding maintaining obtaining permeating pervading placed possessing posted remaining residing resting sitting situated staying tenanting

WEAK

assigned to living in settled on taking up

Antonyms

WEAK

gone leaving removing

ADJECTIVE

retaining

Synonyms

STRONG

accommodating arresting cherishing commemorating confining embracing employing engaging having hiring holding keeping possessing preserving remembering reserving restraining saving securing seizing suppressing sustaining taking treasuring withholding working

WEAK

holding back

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The Brewers are the small-market overachievers, who somehow have retained their little-engine-that-could persona despite owning the best regular-season record in baseball last year.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 15, 2026

Two-and-a-half years into owning a townhome in Orlando, Fla., one homeowner saw their HOA fees go from $330 a month to $575, they wrote on Reddit.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 15, 2026

And owning a home doesn’t protect you from inflation anyway.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 14, 2026

In contrast it may also be tough to them to break into the American sport market in terms of owning franchises.

From Barron's ● Aug. 14, 2026

But this kind of rebellion threatens only the rare pedestrian member of the owning class.

From "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America" by Barbara Ehrenreich

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