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sustained

adjective as in maintained

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This balance is sustained through tidal heating, caused by Saturn's powerful gravitational pull that stretches and compresses the moon as it orbits.

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She said she’s also sustained by her Christian faith.

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Then in 2023, the resident female falcon appeared to have sustained brain damage after getting "beaten up" by another female.

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The real risk threshold is sustained large outflows forcing the fund to sell holdings at bad times to meet redemptions, or credit conditions deteriorating so fast the managers can’t get ahead of it.

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“To put it bluntly,” writes Mr. Howard, “could our claims to greatness as a nation be sustained without a parallel greatness in our literature?”

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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