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Sentence count:231+10Posted:2016-07-16Updated:2020-07-24
Synonym: holdkeepmaintainpreservesaveAntonym: abandonSimilar words: retainingretailretailermaintaindetailin detaildetailedobtainMeaning: [rɪ'teɪn]  v. 1. hold within 2. allow to remain in a place or position 3. secure and keep for possible future use or application 4. keep in one's mind. 
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61 Such patches still retain high levels of fertility.
62 Bathrooms retain old-fashioned yet appealing tiles and fixtures.
63 Hair by Scissors Boyish cuts retain their charm.
64 Jackson called on them to keep up the fight to retain racial and gender preferences in federal hiring.
65 Some, like Pesaro and Senigallia, have grown up around medieval towns and still retain old-world charm.
66 No one can hope to retain in his head the mass of detailed knowledge needed throughout the farming year.
67 The council tax will retain the most objectionable parts of the poll tax - the head count tax on the individual.
68 All bulk chemicals should retain their identity with intact labelling, instructions and safety precautions.
69 We rely upon the support of the families to retain personnel within the forces.
70 In the 1950s Keynesian economic management techniques were employed to try to retain full employment without inflation.
71 Two-thirds of those states that retain the death penalty allow children to face execution.
72 Whales and hippos may not much resemble each other nowadays, but retain some hints of kinship.
73 The new owners of the seventeenth century hotel have pledged to retain its charm and character.
74 But no matter how much geography changes in the sprawling Old Pueblo, the site still manages to retain its cottonwood-laced charm.
75 What gets through that set of filters is what we might retain in memory.
76 Under the Moynihan bill, injured parties would still retain the right to sue in cases of drunk driving.
77 It is ironic that we are particular about flushing out all the dirt through the drain, but we continue to retain a lot of it in our brain. RVM 
78 The National Park Service will retain control of open spaces.
79 Instead they retain the status of written professional standards. Serious or persistent breach of the standards could amount to professional misconduct.
80 Mr Gates will retain strong links with the company he founded 25 years ago by becoming chairman and chief software architect.
81 Incumbents retain a significant fund-raising advantage over challengers, particularly in the House.
82 In-service applicants may retain their current terms and conditions of service.
83 More often than not, leaders retain some hierarchical authority even if modified.
84 The grid states nothing about the degree to which investment is necessary to retain star position or sufficient to build competitive advantage.
85 Even if these cells are removed from the body and kept in tissue culture, they retain their characteristics through many cell divisions.
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86 The art of reading, as of learning, is this: … to retain the essential, to forget the nonessential. Adolf Hitler 
87 Despite the pressure of tomorrow's Sun local derby against Roma, Gazza has managed to retain his outrageous sense of humour.
88 They say mixed colleges attract more applicants and find it easier to retain academic staff.
89 I am very keen to retain its originality, but I would like to add a temperature gauge.
90 Firstly they enable large systems to be produced yet still retain clarity within the grammar.
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