sustains

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“Snowflake and Datadog have seen a reacceleration of revenue from AI. And so we have to see if that sustains, but that’s the best sign you could hope for,” he says.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 2, 2026

But unlike the tradwife with her gaggle of youngsters underfoot, the orangutan mother sustains this intense caretaking by spacing her kids seven or so years apart.

From Slate • May 10, 2026

The dollar’s long-term fate will ultimately depend on whether Washington sustains this strategy and on whether the global energy transition eventually makes the contest moot.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 12, 2026

Every profile and attempt to “explain” him risks becoming part of the very feedback loop that sustains him.

From Salon • Apr. 6, 2026

One reason just mentioned is that agriculture sustains much higher human population densities than does the hunting-gathering lifestyle—on the average, 10 to 100 times higher.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond