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: conformity
in keeping with good taste
out of keeping with the decor
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Synonyms
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
Recent Examples on the Web
There's also adaptive cruise control and lane keeping as standard, but there's no option for Super Cruise, even on the Elite trim.
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Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica, 9 Aug. 2024
The university was instructed to increase awareness of its Title IX office, improve coordination with other campus entities and refine documentation and record keeping.
—Emma Hall, Sacramento Bee, 12 June 2024
Those realistic methods are in close keeping with the franchise as a whole, which has a long history of using practical effects ever since the now-legendary death scene of Kane (John Hurt) in the first film, the first victim of a chestburster.
—Dan Heching, CNN, 17 Aug. 2024
Because of hundreds of years of slavery and record keeping that reflected Black slaves as property instead of people, the information some are tracking can only go back so far.
—J.m. Banks, Kansas City Star, 18 July 2024
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Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica, 9 Aug. 2024
The university was instructed to increase awareness of its Title IX office, improve coordination with other campus entities and refine documentation and record keeping.
—Emma Hall, Sacramento Bee, 12 June 2024
Those realistic methods are in close keeping with the franchise as a whole, which has a long history of using practical effects ever since the now-legendary death scene of Kane (John Hurt) in the first film, the first victim of a chestburster.
—Dan Heching, CNN, 17 Aug. 2024
Because of hundreds of years of slavery and record keeping that reflected Black slaves as property instead of people, the information some are tracking can only go back so far.
—J.m. Banks, Kansas City Star, 18 July 2024
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“Keeping.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/keeping. Accessed 29 Sep. 2024.
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