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as in endorsed
to promote the interests or cause of
she enthusiastically backed the plan to renovate and upgrade the school's facilities
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as in aided
to provide (someone) with what is useful or necessary to achieve an end
a number of influential people have already agreed to back the candidate
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as in reinforced
to provide evidence or information for (as a claim or idea)
the author needs to back her thesis with more facts
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Recent Examples of backed
All the candidates were backed by New York City’s socialist mayor, Zohran Mamdani, who is a protégé of Boston Mayor Michelle Wu and the new kingmaker in the party.
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Joe Battenfeld,
Boston Herald,
25 June 2026
The Democratic Socialists of America organization backed Chevalier and Valdez.
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Dan Mangan,
CNBC,
24 June 2026
The group previously backed Assemblymember Jasmeet Bains, D-Bakersfield, in the primary, even paying for a $135,000 ad spot.
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Evelyn Ronan,
Sacbee.com,
24 June 2026
While Jones and McCormick’s script is well-structured, there was room to play within that architecture, which is why Wilde is convinced no studio would’ve financed or backed the film.
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Chris O'Falt,
IndieWire,
24 June 2026
Mnangagwa has been in power since 2017, when the military backed the ouster of his mentor and Zimbabwe's longtime ruler, Robert Mugabe, who died in 2019.
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ABC News,
24 June 2026
Investors in the funding round include s16vc, a fund backed by the founders of Miro, Datadog and Intercom, Antler, as well as operators from Shopify, Nutanix and Postman.
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Arthur Zaczkiewicz,
Footwear News,
24 June 2026
Startup automaker Slate, backed by Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, is now be taking preorders for its $24,950 electric pickup truck.
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Aimee Picchi,
CBS News,
24 June 2026
Candidates backed by Zohran Mamdani unseat fellow Democrats in a slew of races.
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Elizabeth Robinson,
NBC news,
24 June 2026
Joe Battenfeld,
Boston Herald,
25 June 2026
The Democratic Socialists of America organization backed Chevalier and Valdez.
—
Dan Mangan,
CNBC,
24 June 2026
The group previously backed Assemblymember Jasmeet Bains, D-Bakersfield, in the primary, even paying for a $135,000 ad spot.
—
Evelyn Ronan,
Sacbee.com,
24 June 2026
While Jones and McCormick’s script is well-structured, there was room to play within that architecture, which is why Wilde is convinced no studio would’ve financed or backed the film.
—
Chris O'Falt,
IndieWire,
24 June 2026
Mnangagwa has been in power since 2017, when the military backed the ouster of his mentor and Zimbabwe's longtime ruler, Robert Mugabe, who died in 2019.
—
ABC News,
24 June 2026
Investors in the funding round include s16vc, a fund backed by the founders of Miro, Datadog and Intercom, Antler, as well as operators from Shopify, Nutanix and Postman.
—
Arthur Zaczkiewicz,
Footwear News,
24 June 2026
Startup automaker Slate, backed by Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, is now be taking preorders for its $24,950 electric pickup truck.
—
Aimee Picchi,
CBS News,
24 June 2026
Candidates backed by Zohran Mamdani unseat fellow Democrats in a slew of races.
—
Elizabeth Robinson,
NBC news,
24 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for backed
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Still, the success of three left-wing candidates endorsed by Mamdani in New York’s congressional primary has reinvigorated Republican midterm messaging around socialism.
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In a joint opinion piece published in the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette in late May, the two officials endorsed pausing the development of new data centers in Little Rock.
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But the hopes for a civilian transition did not last long—in October 2021 the civilian government was ousted by a coup led by SAF commander General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, again aided by Hemedti, who still led the RSF.
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Barrasso’s whip operation on the war powers vote was aided by Vice President JD Vance, the top peace negotiator for Iran.
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Looking back, McCloskey said the yearslong legal battle reinforced the value of perseverance.
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If anything, Messi’s early absence reinforced why Argentina will enter the knockout stage as one of the favorites to win the tournament.
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Ironically, or not, bloomers are named for the journalist and Suffragist Amelia Bloomer, who advocated for women to abandon rigid corsets and heavy petticoats in favor of trousers, shorter skirts, and sensible boots.
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There’s considerable support for the idea in Parliament, where the Liberal Democrats — a centrist opposition party — has advocated for war bonds on 25 separate occasions since the turn of the year.
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The American Red Cross assisted residents displaced from that building.
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Troopers, assisted by the Tarrant County Sheriff’s Office and the Fort Worth Police Department, located the suspect nearby and took him into custody without incident.
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After that was a long drive across the state of Alabama, bolstered by MoonPies, before our final leg in New Orleans.
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In Asia and Europe, tech shares were bolstered by bumper gains in the semiconductor space.
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On Monday, June 22, Kelce's pop star fiancée Taylor Swift supported him for the second year in a row at the kickoff for the event.
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The idea was supported by NASA’s top boss, Jared Isaacman, setting the tone for what could come in the near future.
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China has helped cushion the global oil shock, seen its clean energy tech exports surge and framed the war in Iran as another example in which Chinese leadership could supersede the US in ending global conflicts.
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State workers continue to push against the return-to-office order and for telework, which Service Employees International Union Local 1000 President Anica Walls said has helped reduce traffic.
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