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backed

[bakt] / bækt /
ADJECTIVE
supported
Synonyms
STRONGEST
approved assisted endorsed favored
STRONG
advocated aided bankrolled bolstered boosted championed encouraged financed fostered furthered helped promoted propped seconded sponsored underwritten upheld
Antonyms
STRONGEST
disapproved
WEAK
backless discouraged opposed
ADJECTIVE
supplied with a back
Synonyms
STRONG
reinforced stiffened strengthened
WEAK
built-up
Antonyms
WEAK
backless discouraged opposed

Example Sentences

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“Instead of running to Jimmy or Terry for protection, I took a stand. I backed them down.”

From Salon • Apr. 11, 2026

The government has backed a number of species reintroduction programmes over the years as part of efforts to reverse this trend including re-establishing pine martens, beavers and whitefaced darter dragonflies.

From BBC • Apr. 11, 2026

Vance has publicly backed the conflict but has kept out of the limelight.

From Barron's • Apr. 10, 2026

Best compared the 2024 investment portfolios that backed those annuities with a snapshot of a similar universe of portfolios in 2007.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026

And it stinks like the gym bathrooms that time the sewer backed up.

From "Wayward Creatures" by Dayna Lorentz