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upheld
adjective as in supported
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Example Sentences
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit upheld this judgment against the tariffs.
That proposal passed with 72% support, though the judge upheld her decision to rescind the package.
An appellate court later upheld the tariffs, but on the narrow grounds that they didn’t alter Congress’s nondiscriminatory trading scheme.
The purpose of making a will is to ensure that your wishes are upheld, and also make the time after your passing easier for loved ones.
As a "responsible nuclear-weapons state, China has always... upheld a self-defence nuclear strategy and abided by its commitment to suspend nuclear testing", spokeswoman Mao Ning said at a regular press conference in Beijing.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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