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retain

[ri-tayn] / rɪˈteɪn /




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Britain will retain early access to the latest artificial intelligence models for safety testing, the country's AI minister confirmed Monday, following reports that the White House had restricted the UK's access.

From Barron's ● Oct. 12, 2026

The Justice Department had struggled to find and retain other prosecutors to work on it and brought on temporary hires; some of them had never worked as federal prosecutors.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 10, 2026

"We do need to change how we keep, retain, and share medical records," he said.

From BBC ● Oct. 10, 2026

Netflix plans a substantial round of layoffs as the streaming giant faces rising competition and pressure to retain its subscribers, according to people familiar with the job cuts.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2026

The smallest part of Rowan’s day, just before dinner, was spent in book learning—but Rowan found that the mental training helped him retain the things he learned without the repetition of study.

From "Scythe" by Neal Shusterman

It renegotiated their alliance last year and retains only a non-exclusive license on its technology until 2032 though is OpenAI's biggest shareholder.

From Barron's ● Oct. 7, 2026

The Dallas-based oil-and-gas company retains fields in North Dakota and Texas.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026

Sources at the club insist she retains their full backing and, while there is disappointment and acknowledgement that results have not been good enough, they believe Slegers can guide them in the right direction.

From BBC ● Oct. 4, 2026

Lagos, for its part, still retains its own, separate fashion week.

From Barron's ● Oct. 3, 2026

While the story was being told, they heard it without any of the reserve or detachment that the kindest of civilized humans retains as he reads his newspaper.

From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams

It would take about a dozen more consultations with attorneys across Southern California before the family retained Andy Miri, an L.A.-based lawyer, in mid-June.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 11, 2026

Mamdani retained Tisch, a well-regarded civil servant who also served in the previous administration.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026

The particles also retained a consistent magnetic response when exposed to an external magnetic field.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 3, 2026

The Test was abandoned as a draw, meaning Australia retained the urn and ruining the prospect of a decider at The Oval.

From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2026

After some wrangling, J. T. promised Venkatesh unfettered access to the gang’s operations as long as J. T. retained veto power over any information that, if published, might prove harmful.

From "Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything" by Steven D. Levitt

This allowed the researchers to represent the magnetic impurities almost as if they were molecules, while retaining the full complexity of their electronic interactions.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 10, 2026

Mr. Crowe, retaining a trace of his Hermann Göring from “Nuremberg,” is transparently deceitful to everyone but his besotted student, who agrees to be one of Murray’s guinea pigs.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026

Portsmouth Water and Bristol Water were the only companies to score "good" in both metrics, retaining their position at the top of the rankings as the sector's best performers.

From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2026

Some 200 car insurance companies sued the Korean manufacturers, saying they deliberately nixed the safety feature for American-bound cars, while retaining it as standard for the rest of the world.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 15, 2026

Chess was pretty sure that the only landmark he’d recognized before—the retaining pond—was just ahead on the right.

From "The Strangers" by Margaret Peterson Haddix




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