Retained and Took

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

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

Nearby Words: retainer, retaining

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Retained and took are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Retained" instead a verb "Took".

Because of how long it took to localize the game, Marth's Japanese voice is retained in the international versions of Melee, Brawl, and 3DS/Wii U, instead of being given an English dub.

Source: Marth Debuted in "Smash Bros."
Si Spurrier and Rob Williams took over as writers for Year Two, but retained the tradition of the Eleventh Doctor's series being much more serialised than the others.

Source: Comic Book / Doctor Who (Titan)
When Koz took over with a different make-up design, Durwood retained his resemblance to the original and continues to today.

Source: Series / Svengoolie

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