In a sentence
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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Found in these word lists
- Academic Word List (Coxhead 2000)Authoritative
- Business Word List (part 2)Authoritative
- MajorTests SAT 1000Recognized
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