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Recent Examples of retainer Others package their expertise into programs or retainers. Jodie Cook, Forbes.com, 26 Mar. 2025 Some opportunities are unpaid but require a time investment, while others involve retainers for PR support. Jodie Cook, Forbes, 16 Jan. 2025 Instead of chasing one-time projects, agree to work with your clients on a long-term package, retainer basis, or subscription. Rachel Wells, Forbes.com, 17 Apr. 2025 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. Todd Spangler, Variety, 31 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for retainer
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Noun
  • 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
  • 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
Noun
  • Any organization with 75 or more employees in the region is eligible to compete for a Top Workplaces award.
    Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 2 June 2025
  • Step 4: Communicate transparently with employees and clients.
    Rem Oculee, Forbes.com, 2 June 2025
Noun
  • 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
  • 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
Noun
  • Two Israeli embassy workers in Washington, DC, were killed outside the Capital Jewish Museum in late May, and an arsonist set the Pennsylvania governor’s mansion on fire on the first night of Passover because of Gov. Josh Shapiro’s views on the war in Gaza, according to search warrants.
    Chelsea Bailey, CNN Money, 3 June 2025
  • Food worker with discharge from eyes, nose and/or throat.
    Ashley Fredde, Idaho Statesman, 3 June 2025

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