How to Use keeping in a Sentence

keeping

noun
  • Armed deputies will be at this year’s parade keeping watch.
    Austen Erblat, sun-sentinel.com, 2 Dec. 2021
  • That one or two yards makes all of the difference on staying on the field and keeping drives alive.
    Ashley Bastock, cleveland, 20 Dec. 2021
  • The firm at the time said an internal probe found flaws in his risk-management and record-keeping procedures.
    Julie Steinberg, WSJ, 16 Dec. 2021
  • Yaeger was keen to ensure that the character with a disability was equally in keeping with this trend.
    Gus Alexiou, Forbes, 11 Nov. 2021
  • Some strategists think the shift in monetary policy could help limit stock gains to levels more in keeping with their long-term trend.
    Karen Langley, WSJ, 26 Dec. 2021
  • But, on the whole, the literary creativity fits awkwardly with the task of record-keeping.
    Lauren Michele Jackson, The New Yorker, 8 Dec. 2021
  • Popshelf is totally in keeping with the ethos of Dollar General.
    Chris Walton, Forbes, 27 Dec. 2021
  • Jesuit Missions were not only agricultural centers, but record keeping centers as well.
    Minerva Orduño Rincón, The Arizona Republic, 20 Nov. 2021
  • Another problem stemmed from unreliable record-keeping.
    New York Times, 19 Dec. 2021
  • Those covered by the act must report relevant trades within 45 days of making them, and those reports are made public online through electronic record-keeping.
    Matt Ford, The New Republic, 17 Dec. 2021
  • D'Antonio said the decision was in keeping with the league bylaws, which the JMU officials said are outdated.
    Hank Kurz Jr., ajc, 6 Nov. 2021
  • Staff members told investigators that problems arose in part when Skyline told nurses to abandon electronic medical records and go back to paper record-keeping.
    NBC News, 20 Dec. 2021
  • This is very much in keeping with the premise of the show.
    Kristen Baldwin, EW.com, 18 Nov. 2022
  • The first method of record-keeping is the checkbook method.
    Karlton Dennis, Forbes, 3 Oct. 2022
  • But teams have had time to adjust to the limit and the book keeping.
    Jim Vertuno, ajc, 22 Oct. 2022
  • And there were shepherds out in the field, keeping watch by night.
    Maribeth Jones, Country Living, 17 Nov. 2022
  • Sort the lids by size and type keeping like items together.
    Kaylei Fear, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 Aug. 2023
  • Bee keeping is very profitable because of the wild ranges.
    Merrie Monteagudo, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 May 2023
  • None of this was easy and record keeping was a nightmare as the tour moved by car, van, bus, or truck from town to town.
    Eric Fuller, Forbes, 28 Dec. 2021
  • Enable lane keeping and the CR-V will tug at the wheel to keep you from wandering.
    Beth Nichols, Car and Driver, 26 Jan. 2022
  • In 82 years of record keeping, #PDX had never recorded more than a trace of snow in April.
    Judson Jones and Rachel Ramirez, CNN, 11 Apr. 2022
  • Both reports found that the last nine years have been the warmest years since record-keeping began in 1880.
    Denise Chow, NBC News, 12 Jan. 2023
  • This ranks last year as the 15th-warmest since record keeping started.
    Ashley Soebroto, BostonGlobe.com, 11 Jan. 2023
  • Yet pet keeping practices seem to still be taking a toll on them.
    Jessica Pierce, TIME, 23 June 2024
  • This is in keeping with a board member’s oversight role.
    Amy Glynn, Forbes, 11 June 2022
  • The snowfall helped push Boise to another record: the wettest year-to-date since record keeping began in 1878.
    Nicole Blanchard, Idaho Statesman, 6 Apr. 2024
  • Each fairy doll comes with four fairy accessories as well as a fairy jar for safe keeping.
    Christina Montoya Fiedler, Woman's Day, 29 Dec. 2022
  • The gadget also comes with a carry case for tidy keeping.
    Kevin Cortez, Popular Mechanics, 25 Oct. 2022
  • This is in keeping with the recent awards show trend of larger fields of nominees.
    Paul Grein, Billboard, 26 July 2022
  • Some can’t function at all and others have been forced to resort to paper record keeping for routine services like oil changes, Holton said.
    Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 20 June 2024

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