kept (on)

verb

Definition of kept (on)next
past tense of keep (on)
1
as in held on

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2
as in signed (up or on)

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for kept (on)
  1. employed
  2. continued
  3. retained
  4. survived
  5. persisted
  6. hired
  7. lasted
  8. ruled
Verb
  • For the Spanish-language Dracula, Universal employed a different director, actors and crew to work at night on the same sets — and in many of the same costumes — that were used during the day for the Tod Browning version that made Bela Lugosi a legend.
    Mike Barnes, The Hollywood Reporter, 4 Oct. 2024
  • Later in 2019, the woman claims that she was physically dominated and raped by Brooks while employed for an event.
    Ilana Kaplan, People.com, 4 Oct. 2024
Definition of employed
Verb
  • The company’s traditional TV division continued to struggle.
    Bruce Gil, Quartz, 14 Nov. 2024
  • The Jennings Creek Wildfire, along the New York-New Jersey border, continued to burn Wednesday and was about 30% contained.
    Melissa Chan, NBC News, 13 Nov. 2024
Definition of continued
Verb
  • Horowitz, retained to broker the deal, immediately thought of the George Kaiser Family Foundation, in Tulsa.
    Tad Friend, The New Yorker, 21 Oct. 2024
  • If one or more of the judges is not retained, Indiana would use the judicial nomination commission to select a new lawyer, and the Indiana governor would make the appointment from a list of nominees by the commission.
    Hayleigh Colombo, The Indianapolis Star, 21 Oct. 2024
Definition of retained
Verb
  • The area has survived numerous disasters.
    Mare Czinar, The Arizona Republic, 4 Oct. 2024
  • He is survived by his nieces and nephews, Lori Brown (Janet Brabham), Max Brabham, Erin Wilson (Laurens) and Marc Brown (Betsy), according to an online obituary.
    Jay Stahl, USA TODAY, 4 Oct. 2024
Definition of survived
Verb
  • Such ideas have persisted in modern America, with dangerous consequences.
    Aisha M. Beliso-De Jesús / Made by History, TIME, 4 Oct. 2024
  • Even more remarkably, this effect persisted for at least two months.
    Bernard Marr, Forbes, 3 Oct. 2024
Definition of persisted
Verb
  • According to Stearns, Binder was one of the first five people Harris ever hired in politics.
    Zohreen Shah, ABC News, 4 Oct. 2024
  • For 80% of the new DOL grants, that’s unlikely to be apprentices hired or apprenticeship programs launched.
    Ryan Craig, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
Definition of hired
Verb
  • Seeing as how the strike lasted just three days, any economic impact was likely muted.
    JJ Kinahan, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
  • The pause has lasted so long that MSHDA has stopped adding applicants to its waitlist.
    Nushrat Rahman, Detroit Free Press, 4 Oct. 2024
Definition of lasted
Verb
  • The Thursday order was issued only hours after a different court in Georgia had rejected challengers’ arguments and ruled that the case must be transferred to Missouri.
    Adam S. Minsky, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
  • Her death was ruled a homicide.
    Sarah Nelson, The Indianapolis Star, 4 Oct. 2024
Definition of ruled
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kept (from)

kept (on)

kept one's eyes open (for)

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