Similar words: retainer, retain, maintained, retaining, stained, attained, obtained, sustained. Meaning: [rɪ'teɪn] adj. continued in your keeping or use or memory.
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(61) His son Kieran then succeeded him and retained his seat there until 1989 when he did not seek re-election.
(62) The amendment states but a truism that all is retained which has not been surrendered.
(63) The Ryukyus should be retained as an integral part of the island chain.
(64) The glycosides are even retained as the caterpillar changes into a butterfly and help to protect it from predatory birds.
(65) These thinking qualities are retained long after the catalogue of facts, so long over-valued by some teachers, has been forgotten.
(66) The loan would fund both upgradings at the hospital to be retained and new community services.
(67) He retained his private practice as a quantity surveyor from his office at No. 4, Parliament Street.
(68) They are then retained on the sail by tape made into double thickness tags.
(69) Setting up John retained all the filer media from the old pond in large sacks.
(70) SYSTEM.INI is a hangover from Windows 3 and has been retained for compatibility reasons.
(71) Now the county council has backed a new drive to recruit more retained firefighters, as a matter of urgency.
(72) However, some have retained the more traditional method of charging commission on transactions only.
(73) Unless we attend to the words which have been placed into working memory, they will not be retained.
(74) The next five years saw the site leased out to various tenants, although Knight retained ownership.
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(75) However, the basic structure of three national airlines as proposed in the Swinton plan was retained.
(76) For some one who worked in what she believed to be such a hard-nosed profession he retained a sensitive streak.
(77) But he's a rare breed and the lack of retained firefighters is leading to worrying delays for Oxfordshire's fire service.
(78) Nevertheless, in fact as well as in fiction, even those almost totally indigent retained their pride.
(79) It provided for Kurdish legislative and executive councils, but real power was retained by the central government in Baghdad.
(80) After some reflection she removed the brooch, but retained the small, black stud ear-rings.
(81) The very essence of such continuity is children-now fewer than before, but retained far longer within the family bounds.
(82) Only a nearby ash tree, which had better buffered bark, retained the lichen.
(83) Railway Street is a name retained as a fond memory for a public transport system axed by Beeching in 1966.
(84) What are the arrangements if you retire from the organisation as a salaried employee but become a retained consultant or contractor?
(85) They floated, their internal air chambers were dry, and they retained their strength.
(86) A paper copy of all addresses recorded on the system is also retained by Steven McGavin, for reference.
(87) He has retained his post at the imperial court in Hue.
(88) The whole scope of the present duty set out in the Education Act 1944 as amended is retained.
(89) Inverleith retained their place in the top flight with a dramatic 7-6 victory over Touche Ross in the final game.
(90) He did however enjoy the physical beauty of Cambridge, and retained a strong affection for the place on this ground at least.
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