retention
Example Sentences
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This leads to excess salt and water retention, raising blood pressure and making it difficult to control.
From Science Daily • Apr. 3, 2026
Those include questions about the direction of the business, rollover, retention and expansion plans.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 3, 2026
The company said it expects the program to increase visit frequency, improve retention, and attract new customers over time.
From Barron's • Apr. 1, 2026
The materials must be sealed and then destroyed at the end of the retention period.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 23, 2026
Larger ones tended to have more powerful chiefs, more ranks of chiefly lineages, greater distinctions between chiefs and commoners, more retention of tribute by the chiefs, more layers of bureaucrats, and grander public architecture.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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