Built and Retained

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Built adjective - (used of soaps or cleaning agents) having a substance (an abrasive or filler) added to increase effectiveness.

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Retained and built are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Retained" instead a verb "Built".

Nearby Word: build

Retained adjective - Continued in your keeping or use or memory.

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Built and retained are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Built" instead a verb "Retained".

Nearby Words: retainer, retaining

Some populations (such as the Cherokee) retained enough population and continuity to link themselves to the mounds their ancestors had built through oral tradition.

Source: Useful Notes / Pre-Columbian Civilizations
The Beast Machines series seems to offer the suggestion that Cybertron was originally built around a habitable planetoid and that somehow has retained its atmosphere.

Source: Single-Biome Planet
Jesus says this to tell the community that was built during Act 1 that he's going to leave them to see if they retained the lessons learned from his teachings.

Source: Theatre / Godspell

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Retained and Built. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/built/retained

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