Definition of "retains" []

• Third-person singular simple present indicative form of retain. (verb)

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• "Even today, the term retains some clarity when used in roughly that way."
• "But to those in or covering political life, the phrase retains its earlier connotation, whether about working women with families or about presidential budgets: “everything at once.”"
• "This would be a time limited contract where the artist retains the copy right but the label retains the profit rights, until the contract ends and the artist is free to go someplace else."