prop
Example Sentences
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“Writing all the bills in the world is great,” he said of efforts by congressional lawmakers to prop up the country’s dwindling shrimp fishermen.
From Los Angeles Times
Treasury yields were mixed as a string of indicators propped up bets on a Fed hold this month.
He looked around the studio and saw leftover props, unused real estate, and the creatives and characters who made movies and television.
The Fed wants to prevent any further deterioration in the labor market, and it’s already cut interest rates three times since September to try to prop it up.
From MarketWatch
The Fed wants to prevent any further deterioration in the labor market, and it’s already cut interest rates three times since September to try to prop it up.
From MarketWatch
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
