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support

[suh-pawrt] / səˈpɔrt /










Usage

What are other ways to say support? To support is to hold up or add strength to, literally or figuratively: The columns support the roof. To maintain is to support so as to preserve intact: to maintain an attitude of defiance. To sustain, a rather elevated word, suggests completeness and adequacy in supporting: The court sustained his claim. Uphold applies especially to supporting or backing another, as in a statement, opinion, or belief: to uphold the rights of a minority.

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Shallman said canvassers were carrying multiple clipboards and asking some voters who had already signed the billboard initiative to remove their support.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2026

Multiple Pultes have served on the board and the family foundation continues to support it.

From Salon • Jun. 9, 2026

Most lenders have maintained their 2026 guidance, expecting Middle East tensions and elevated energy prices to be temporary, while healthy loan growth and investment-banking pipelines should support earnings momentum, he reckons.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026

Kim echoed this, saying that North Korea would continue to uphold its friendship with China as a top priority and reaffirmed his support for Beijing's "One China" principle.

From BBC • Jun. 9, 2026

Elisha was completely dependent on his parents for support.

From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock




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