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retaining

/ɹɪˈteɪnɪŋ/ adjectif C2
  1. Of or pertaining to something that retains something else, as with a retaining wall.
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Also because he is not sure of always retaining his situation, and wishes to provide for the future.
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 859 · C1
He is clean-shaven, pale, and ascetic-looking, retaining something of the professor in his features.
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, p. 107 · B2
The master of La Jeune Amélie, who was very desirous of retaining amongst his crew a man of Edmond’s value, had offered to advance him funds out of his future profits, which Edmond had accepted.
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 237 · C1
Dantès was tossed about on these doubts and wishes, when the patron, who had great confidence in him, and was very desirous of retaining him in his service, took him by the arm one evening and led him to a tavern on the Via del’ Oglio, where the leading smugglers of Leghorn used to congregate and discuss affairs connected with their trade.
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 242 · C1

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