retentive

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In March 2024, with the biotech company’s share price down around 80% from the date of the equity grant, Guardant’s board concluded that the award “no longer offered meaningful financial or retentive value.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 17, 2026

His was the most nimble and retentive mind I’ve ever worked with closely over time.

From New York Times • Jul. 3, 2022

Alas! with all her reasonings, she found that to retentive feelings eight years may be little more than nothing.

From Slate • Feb. 13, 2021

“It’s amazing how comfortable people are tossing that around—‘anal retentive.’

From The New Yorker • Nov. 26, 2012

Yet, despite my retentive memory, I found it impossible to recite when I went back into the classroom.

From "Black Boy" by Richard Wright