lend support
Example Sentences
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These data lend support to a long-held hypothesis that oxygen played a key role in driving the evolution of early eukaryotes.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 27, 2026
Wales' Greens leader Anthony Slaughter said his party would lend support "wherever there is a case to improve human knowledge around how to best care for a pet".
From BBC ● Jul. 2, 2026
ANZ analysts expect that business confidence will likely have been weighed down by the war, though improving industrial indicators, including higher utilization rates in cement and steel, should lend support to the manufacturing data.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 24, 2026
It's the way they figure out how to lend support when it matters — sometimes with parental encouragement but mostly following where their emotional intelligence guides them.
From Salon ● May 21, 2025
She spotted A. C. James, her across-the-street neighbor who had come to lend support.
From "Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice" by Phillip Hoose
