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supportive

[suh-pawr-tiv, -pohr-] / səˈpɔr tɪv, -ˈpoʊr- /


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The overall tone should be supportive of shares, they add.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 23, 2026

"I plan to be a loving and supportive parent to her," he wrote.

From BBC • Apr. 21, 2026

“In general, we’re supportive of the direction that DWR is going, but there are concerns that there’s a cost impact,” Young said.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 20, 2026

“Evidence suggests that when families have supportive infrastructure around them, they’re more likely to have the children they want to have,” Erin Erenberg, co-founder and CEO of Chamber of Mothers, told Salon.

From Salon • Apr. 18, 2026

“I was trying to be supportive, and you were giving me the cold shoulder. I thought you were the one who didn’t want anything to do with me.”

From "How to Disappear Completely" by Ali Standish




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