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- v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of retain.
Examples
“Even today, the term retains some clarity when used in roughly that way.”
“But to those in or covering political life, the phrase retains its earlier connotation, whether about working women with families or about presidential budgets: “everything at once.””
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“This would be a time limited contract where the artist retains the copy right but the label retains the profit rights, until the contract ends and the artist is free to go someplace else.”
“For me the carbon does penetrate better, and again retains shape, so I stuck with them.”
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“If nobody correctly picks the two quotes, Robin retains the title.”
“One reason I like keeping a blog is merely for that fact that my brain retains memory like an elephant.”
“As I said, perhaps the only merit that the word "hardcore" retains is to explain to newer, adult, social or primarily casual gamers -- the ones that haven't been growing alongside consoles -- that the game might be more complicated or thematically unfamiliar than they might be used to.”
“But I am not, and because I am not, the word retains its power.”
“We are confident that Saddam Hussein retains some stockpiles of chemical and biological weapons, and that he has since embarked on a crash course to build up his chemical and biological warfare capabilities.”
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“We are confident that Saddam Hussein retains some stockpiles of chemical and biological weapons and that he has since embarked on a crash course to build up his chemical and biological warfare capabilities.”
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