Definitions
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- v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of retain.
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Examples
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Even today, the term retains some clarity when used in roughly that way.
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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.
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For me the carbon does penetrate better, and again retains shape, so I stuck with them.
Which arrow is better for penetration aluminum or carbon fiber
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If nobody correctly picks the two quotes, Robin retains the title.
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One reason I like keeping a blog is merely for that fact that my brain retains memory like an elephant.
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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.
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But I am not, and because I am not, the word retains its power.
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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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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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