How to Use keeping in a Sentence
keeping
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Your prayer will be the hit and the song and the keeping of time.
—Doreen St. Félix, The New Yorker, 14 Mar. 2018
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This is very much in keeping with the premise of the show.
—Kristen Baldwin, EW.com, 18 Nov. 2022
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The first method of record-keeping is the checkbook method.
—Karlton Dennis, Forbes, 3 Oct. 2022
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But there is one tidy bit of date-keeping, and that is the end of the 1960s.
—D.b., The Economist, 23 July 2019
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But teams have had time to adjust to the limit and the book keeping.
—Jim Vertuno, ajc, 22 Oct. 2022
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And there were shepherds out in the field, keeping watch by night.
—Maribeth Jones, Country Living, 17 Nov. 2022
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The seven hottest years in 140 years of record keeping are the last seven.
—Los Angeles Times, 15 Jan. 2021
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Give the Pads high marks for house-keeping, if not ball-playing.
—Tom Krasovic, sandiegouniontribune.com, 30 Apr. 2018
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Last month was the hottest since record-keeping began 140 years ago.
—Eric Niiler, WIRED, 24 July 2019
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Around back are a small kitchen, a full bath, and a keeping room with an enormous stone hearth.
—Jon Gorey, BostonGlobe.com, 22 June 2018
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In 127 years of record-keeping, the United States was never this hot in June.
—NBC News, 9 July 2021
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And that’s all in keeping with what the show has been doing since the election of Donald Trump.
—Todd Vanderwerff, Vox, 14 Nov. 2018
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So open the windows, air out old grievances, and commit to the castles in the sky that are yours for the keeping.
—Bess Matassa, Teen Vogue, 13 July 2018
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Sort the lids by size and type keeping like items together.
—Kaylei Fear, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 Aug. 2023
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Police have the book bags for safe keeping for their owners to claim them.
—cleveland, 26 Feb. 2021
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Bee keeping is very profitable because of the wild ranges.
—Merrie Monteagudo, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 May 2023
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Due to poor record keeping, this amount could be much higher.
—Maka Monture, Teen Vogue, 22 Nov. 2018
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The new December date is more in keeping with the history of the event.
—Randy Jennings, Dallas News, 12 Mar. 2021
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Bradley gave the gun to Irvin for safe keeping, the district attorney said.
—Carol Robinson | Crobinson@al.com, al, 15 June 2021
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This ranks last year as the 15th-warmest since record keeping started.
—Ashley Soebroto, BostonGlobe.com, 11 Jan. 2023
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The app will also track pay and time-keeping, including breaks and clock in and out times.
—Lisa Marie Segarra, Fortune, 3 Oct. 2019
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His attempt to do something for the care and keeping of himself was what cost him his life.
—Shanika Hillocks, Bon Appétit, 12 May 2020
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Armed deputies will be at this year’s parade keeping watch.
—Austen Erblat, sun-sentinel.com, 2 Dec. 2021
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Food not safe for consumption Inadequate record keeping of seafood/shellfish and fish.
—Ashley Fredde, Idaho Statesman, 11 June 2025
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Railing against bias towards vaccines is like a politician condemning researchers biased in favor of seatbelts in cars or keeping lead out of household paint.
—New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 11 June 2025
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