retain
verb (used with object)
to keep possession of.
retainment
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a word derived from
retain.
Example Sentences
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"With that comes jobs and family retainment, school retainment, everything that makes a community viable."
From BBC ● May 18, 2023
The pandemic crushed recruitment, retainment and fundraising efforts.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 5, 2022
“It affects your program, it affects your recruiting, it affects your retainment of your own roster.”
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 12, 2022
At high-need schools, Carvalho said, the district will focus on improving workplace conditions and supporting teachers with professional development to improve retainment efforts.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 20, 2022
Or was he, in fact, representative, connected to, like a link in the chain, the possibilities for advancement, possibilities for arising, possibilities for retainment of the 3.9 million that he left behind?
From Slate ● Jul. 24, 2015
