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Example sentences for: retain

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In contrast, 22-day old seedlings grown in the presence of equi-molar sorbitol retain only 4 to 5% of their seed storage lipid.
Chatterbox is glad the UAW workers at General Motors' Saturn plant in Spring Hill, Tennessee voted to retain their innovative labor contract, with its stress on teamwork over bureaucratic work rules.
Human Capital Strategy: The new department must ensure that its homeland security missions are not adversely impacted by the government's pending human capital crisis, and that it can recruit, retain, and reward a talented and motivated workforce, which has required core competencies, to achieve its mission and objectives.
According to the NYT and LAT , the key legislative adjustment was allowing the president to retain the power to appoint the IRS commissioner.
Your contribution will be used to recruit and retain quality volunteers.