- present participle of retain.
retaining
Example Sentences
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Even Foreign Minister Thorgerdur Katrin Gunnarsdottir, a staunch europhile, has made it clear that in any future negotiations Reykjavik would insist on retaining "sovereign control over all fisheries".
From Barron's ● Aug. 26, 2026
My wife’s female relatives, however, have generally been quite long-lived, often living into their 90s while retaining clear minds.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 25, 2026
Cofnas added that “Many passages are lifted with minimal editing, sometimes retaining copy-editing mistakes from the original source,” and found similar issues in other papers written by Arday.
From Salon ● Aug. 23, 2026
The goal is to move beyond previous AI safety systems that monitored interactions individually, which made it difficult to ensure tools were being used properly without retaining some customer data.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026
Languages became different species, retaining enough resemblance to an original ancestor so that the family resemblance can still be seen.
From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas
