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retained

adjective as in employed

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“Caesar retained the coasts,” but Welk won everywhere else, “what Caesar liked to call ‘the Midwest.’”

Bostic retained the support of his board of directors at the time.

The plans show 70% of the trees would be retained along the path with reports saying 25% of the vegetation "needing scaling back due to it being dead, diseased or invasive species".

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All retained some small fraction of the loans they originated, and the companies were allowed to book as profit the expected future value of those loans.

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Two more draws left the series level at 1-1, meaning the home side retained the Ashes.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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