retain

Example Sentences

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"Retire and rehire" schemes are designed to retain experienced officers who leave to access their pension.

From BBC • Apr. 1, 2026

It would give the NFL more power to remove or retain the people calling the games.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 31, 2026

Sinatra’s idea, however, was to start with love songs and put them into a swinging, danceable tempo, but at the same time to retain their intrinsic intimacy.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 30, 2026

He said the US military would struggle to retain the island within range of Iranian missiles and drones.

From Barron's • Mar. 30, 2026

So he decided that the only solution, if one wanted to retain the right ratio between water and land, was to break up the land and scatter it across the surface of the waters.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton