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backstopped

verb

past tense of backstop
as in assisted
to provide (someone) with what is useful or necessary to achieve an end the Nobel-winning geneticist was of course backstopped in his research by a team of highly talented assistants

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  1. assisted
  2. aided
  3. helped
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  • Sacramento County sheriff’s deputies and Citrus Heights police assisted as officers tried for more than a half-hour to stop the driver on the freeway and surface streets.
    — Daniel Hunt, Sacbee.com, 8 Sep. 2026
  • That day in Verona, Kvaratskhelia scored and assisted against Hellas Verona.
    — Daniel Taylor, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2026
Definition of assisted
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  • Gray’s night was aided by terrific defense, as is usually the case in scoreless outings.
    — Jen McCaffrey, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2026
  • Now, experts fear a persistent failure is colliding with a rapid expansion of immigration enforcement — one pushed to deliver record numbers of arrests, increasingly aided by state and local police and operating with fewer internal checks.
    — María Luisa Paúl, USA Today, 6 Sep. 2026
Definition of aided
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  • Allison’s experience also helped change the couple’s perspective of what recovery actually looked like.
    — Carly Tagen-Dye, PEOPLE, 15 Sep. 2026
  • Lionel Messi’s exit from Argentina and Cristiano Ronaldo’s looming farewell signal the end of an era that helped fuel the sport’s global boom.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 15 Sep. 2026
Definition of helped
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“Backstopped.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/backstopped. Accessed 17 Sep. 2026.

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