retentive
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Changes in the company’s recommendations algorithm, which provides more impressions for highly retentive games at the expense of near-term monetization, added further pressure.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026
Alas! with all her reasonings, she found that to retentive feelings eight years may be little more than nothing.
From Slate ● Feb. 13, 2021
As I got older, my mind shed some of its retentive powers.
From The Guardian ● Jan. 28, 2020
My soil is dark, crumbly, and highly water retentive, but it also breathes.
From New York Times ● Apr. 18, 2018
Yet, despite my retentive memory, I found it impossible to recite when I went back into the classroom.
From "Black Boy" by Richard Wright
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