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noun

retention

CEFR C1

the act of retaining something

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Six example sentences with retention, each labelled with its topic.

  • The studio measured retention by how many players returned on the seventh day, and the tutorial rewrite doubled it.

    Gaming

  • Terracing improves water retention on the slope, so a single storm no longer strips the topsoil into the valley.

    Environment

  • Testing yourself beats rereading for retention, and the gap widens the longer you wait before the exam.

    Psychology

  • Investors cared less about signups than retention, asking how many paying customers were still active after ninety days.

    Startups

  • Staff retention improved when the firm let managers set their own shift patterns, and turnover halved in the warehouse.

    Business

  • The rules on document retention require the firm to keep every client file for seven years after the matter closes.

    Law

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