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as in servant
a person hired to perform household or personal services
knights being dressed for battle by their retainers
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as in employee
one who works for another for wages or a salary
lifelong civil service retainers
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Recent Examples of retainer
For his service on the WBD board, Levy in 2025 will receive $240,000 in stock retainers and $105,000 in cash retainers, per the company’s current compensation program for non-employee directors, according to an SEC filing Monday from Warner Bros. Discovery.
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Todd Spangler, Variety, 31 Mar. 2025
Since April, Gillis said, Tai Ginsberg has billed only the monthly retainer and not charged extra for specialty firms.
—Sarah Freishtat, Chicago Tribune, 20 Mar. 2025
Online records of the California Board of Accountancy show that Kauffman’s CPA license was revoked in 2019 after he was accused of taking a retainer from a client and then failing to perform the work or return the money.
—Sharon Bernstein, Sacramento Bee, 7 Mar. 2025
While many patients assume that retainers are only necessary for a few years after braces or Invisalign treatment, Saad's video emphasizes that stopping retainer use can lead to gradual shifting over time, undoing many months and years of expensive orthodontic work.
—Mark Joseph, Newsweek, 24 Feb. 2025
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Todd Spangler, Variety, 31 Mar. 2025
Since April, Gillis said, Tai Ginsberg has billed only the monthly retainer and not charged extra for specialty firms.
—Sarah Freishtat, Chicago Tribune, 20 Mar. 2025
Online records of the California Board of Accountancy show that Kauffman’s CPA license was revoked in 2019 after he was accused of taking a retainer from a client and then failing to perform the work or return the money.
—Sharon Bernstein, Sacramento Bee, 7 Mar. 2025
While many patients assume that retainers are only necessary for a few years after braces or Invisalign treatment, Saad's video emphasizes that stopping retainer use can lead to gradual shifting over time, undoing many months and years of expensive orthodontic work.
—Mark Joseph, Newsweek, 24 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for retainer
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Although the servant admits that Hamm has been like a father to him, their relationship is also highly dysfunctional.—
Emily McClanathan,
Chicago Tribune,
27 May 2025
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There would be no roads or currency and the project would be staffed by robot servants and flying cars.—
James Montague,
New York Times,
18 May 2025
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Murati, who was known at OpenAI for her management skills and execution prowess, recruited 20 OpenAI employees before announcing her company in February.—
Anna Tong,
USA Today,
22 May 2025
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Better Service: The company is putting more effort into training employees and making stores easier to shop, which should mean better service for its customers.—
Adam Sarhan,
Forbes.com,
21 May 2025
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His clothing choices can sometimes be as provocative as his opinions: On a recent trip to Japan, Mr. Piker wore a tight French maid’s outfit, a pair of fuzzy cat ears and a demure string of pearls while streaming from one of the country’s maid cafes.—
Jack Crosbie,
New York Times,
27 Apr. 2025
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Snow White gets a much more meaningful backstory The original Disney film begins with a few short sentences about how Snow White was forced to work as a scullery maid for her vile stepmother, the Queen.—
Patrick Ryan,
USA TODAY,
21 Mar. 2025
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Tia Carrere, who voiced Nani in the original, appears in the new film as the social worker Mrs. Kekoa.—
Ralphie Aversa,
USA Today,
23 May 2025
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To do so, the company raised prices by double-digit percentages for eight straight quarters, passing costs—and then some—directly to consumers and laying off hundreds of workers.—
Lindsay Owens,
Time,
22 May 2025
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“Retainer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/retainer. Accessed 4 Jun. 2025.
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