retainers

Example Sentences

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Having been absent for 20 years, he fears—and rightly—that he will be unrecognizable to family, retainers, and countrymen.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 7, 2025

I updated her about retainers secured, projects completed, invoices sent out.

From Salon • Mar. 11, 2025

Officials said there were "some cargo or retainers hanging from the bridge", creating unsafe and unstable conditions, and that emergency rescue teams were operating cautiously as a result.

From BBC • Mar. 26, 2024

And the actors could find midnight-zone depths even when the siblings and their retainers were at their shallowest.

From New York Times • May 28, 2023

The faces looked so young to him: braces, acne, retainers, the very first bristles of a beard.

From "Little Fires Everywhere" by Celeste Ng