retention

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One ranking component analyzed LinkedIn profiles to gauge employee retention among those workers, while another considered how open companies are to work-from-home arrangements widely favored by Gen Zers.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2026

"Law enforcement agencies across the United States continue to face significant recruiting and retention challenges, and every vacancy affects our organization and the community we serve," the police chief added.

From BBC • Jun. 6, 2026

If there were a statewide measure for commercial businesses, many would probably have to build retention ponds or swales to filter out contaminants before water percolates underground.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 5, 2026

Jurisdiction Again, make sure the VPN provider isn’t based in a country with mandatory data retention laws or one that has signed up to international data-sharing agreements.

From Salon • Jun. 2, 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