retained
Example Sentences
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The Brewers are the small-market overachievers, who somehow have retained their little-engine-that-could persona despite owning the best regular-season record in baseball last year.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 15, 2026
Buffett added that it is possible the conglomerate retained some of Combs’s stocks, and it is unclear whether Berkshire ended June with any of those holdings.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
"Expansion and straightening cause water to drain away into the North Sea and Baltic Sea even faster, rather than being retained in the surrounding area."
From Barron's ● Aug. 13, 2026
Some qualifications that overlap with newer technical qualifications, such as T-levels, have had funding withdrawn, while others have been retained.
From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2026
The plantings in the gardens still retained their linearity and rectitude of bloom; but a chicken-house was mere ash, and the windows of the mansion were broken.
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson
