His written words were like registered thoughts, retained only in his own brain after he had completed them.

Such words retain a cultural significance from the time at which they appeared in common language.

But not all the dead that day were heroes, if that overworked word retains a shred of meaning.

Rarely, the word retains the gender it had in the donor language.

Each word retains its original spelling, pronunciation, and meanings.

This was happening now - if that word retains any meaning- uptime, in the future.

The word "sexagesimal" (for base 60) retains the Latin prefix.

But with much concern being voiced these days over the power of words, his own words retain considerable force.

Even in an era when popular expression is dominated by images, the spoken word retains the possibility of great power.

Thus the word retains two senses today, one architectural and the other ecclesiastical.