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Discover LudwigThe phrase "by retaining" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when you want to express that someone or something is saving or keeping something. For example, "The company was able to reduce costs by retaining a smaller staff."
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DIVIDENDS Companies can avoid the dividend tax by retaining earnings rather than paying dividends.
By retaining Eli (Jonny Lee Miller) on her behalf as her legal counsel.
By retaining it as government policy it can continue to book the saving.
The networks make their profits by retaining most of the advertising time on their programs.
"We believe we can achieve this by retaining the existing statutory codes.
Current experimental systems aim to be more efficient by retaining or recovering the heat.
Moscow has sought to counter this by retaining links and authority among former Soviet republics.
Mr. Kilbride is an able judge, and Illinois voters made the right call by retaining him.
No doubt that some of the deals help the city by retaining companies, preserving jobs and generating new business.
By retaining staff and helping them move up in the organisation, the consistency of care is upheld.
But Andrews calls the use of creatine worrisome because it increases muscle size by retaining fluid and causing dehydration.
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