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: conformity
in keeping with good taste
out of keeping with the decor
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Examples of keeping in a Sentence
put the house keys into a neighbor's secure keeping while they were on vacation
my aunt has all of our family's old photographs in her keeping
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Susan Hinton, however, said cities and school districts can still invest their resources into keeping and installing grass fields, especially since artificial turf wears out after eight to 10 years and needs to be replaced.
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Stephanie Lam, The Mercury News, 15 Oct. 2024
Excellent safety features The 2024 Kia Sorento comes standard with 10 standard adaptive driver assist systems including emergency braking, lane keeping and lane following.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024
Opponents worry about the potential for misuse and prefer keeping in-person voting as the primary method.
—USA TODAY, 29 Oct. 2024
All Congress would need to do is maintain the BSA’s record keeping requirements while ditching its reporting requirements and ensuring that law enforcement can only access those records with a valid search warrant.
—Norbert Michel, Forbes, 16 Sep. 2024
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Stephanie Lam, The Mercury News, 15 Oct. 2024
Excellent safety features The 2024 Kia Sorento comes standard with 10 standard adaptive driver assist systems including emergency braking, lane keeping and lane following.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024
Opponents worry about the potential for misuse and prefer keeping in-person voting as the primary method.
—USA TODAY, 29 Oct. 2024
All Congress would need to do is maintain the BSA’s record keeping requirements while ditching its reporting requirements and ensuring that law enforcement can only access those records with a valid search warrant.
—Norbert Michel, Forbes, 16 Sep. 2024
See all Example Sentences for keeping
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“Keeping.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/keeping. Accessed 23 Nov. 2024.
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