retain
verb (used with object)
to keep possession of.
am retaining
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present progressiveof retain (1st person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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“I give you the property, and I say, ‘If there’s valuable rocks under there, I am retaining my interest in it.’”
From Washington Times ● Nov. 7, 2019
I see no reason for the change, and am retaining the original spelling.
From Swiss Family Robinson by Johann David Wyss
I am retaining the latter, but do not think I shall use it.
From The Letters of Cicero, Volume 1 The Whole Extant Correspodence in Chronological Order by Evelyn S. Shuckburgh
That is why I am retaining the papers.
From Beyond the City by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
