backing
Example Sentences
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Richard Hatcher, the first Black mayor of Gary, Ind., and a Jackson supporter, recalled that once Jackson decided to run for president, the campaign thought it had the backing of the Black leadership.
From Los Angeles Times
Some are backing away from exclusionary discipline like suspensions and expulsions and have embraced schoolwide approaches that reward positive behavior and provide social skills practice through games and role-playing.
From Los Angeles Times
Those delegates went on to back reforms to the party's primary process that made it easier for insurgent candidacies like Jackson to compete for the party's presidential nomination without backing from the Democratic establishment.
From BBC
The organisation, which represents 98% of officers, is backing a model adopted in New Zealand where police are not routinely armed but do have access to weapons.
From BBC
“The housing crisis isn’t gonna wait for us to ramp up production,” said Charles Clark, 26 years old, a member of the coalition backing the proposal.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
