supporting

Example Sentences

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Right off the bat, Collins, Mitch McConnell, Bill Cassidy, Thom Tillis, and John Cornyn expressed little interest in supporting him.

From Slate • Jun. 6, 2026

Officials describe the update as a modernization effort intended to streamline outdated or redundant classifications and create a more efficient system for supporting service members’ religious needs.

From Salon • Jun. 6, 2026

Handy was born in New York and appeared in a string of films and TV shows over six decades, often as a supporting character or for a small number of episodes.

From BBC • Jun. 5, 2026

Serbia is among the most eurosceptic countries in the region, with less than half of the population supporting membership.

From Barron's • Jun. 5, 2026

The nucleic acid in a chromosome, as one biochemist put it, was merely the “structure-determining, supporting substance”—a glorified molecular scaffold for genes.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee