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verb

past tense of support
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as in maintained
to pay the living expenses of a young widow supporting a sick mother as well as two small children on a teacher's salary

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to provide evidence or information for (as a claim or idea) studies that support the claim that red wine drinkers have a reduced risk of coronary disease and cancer

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Recent Examples of supported
Adjective
When a leader is responsible for too many people, employees can start to feel less seen, less supported and less guided. — Bronwen Sciortino, Forbes.com, 27 May 2026
Verb
Historically, the Ford Foundation supported civil rights lawsuits beginning in the late 1960s and helped build public interest law into a field of its own. — Sydney Lake, Fortune, 23 Oct. 2026 Du Halgouët said the region’s performance was supported by retail sales at its own-brand stores, while the company’s focus on higher-value products, particularly leather goods and jewelry, helped cushion the decline. — Rhonda Richford, Footwear News, 22 Oct. 2026 Vega has supported video artists such as Syms by commissioning new works and showing them in institutions and biennials before adding them to its own collection. — Alex Greenberger, ARTnews.com, 22 Oct. 2026 Likely voters who plan to vote early this year -- or who already have voted early or by mail -- supported Democrats over Republicans in congressional vote choice by 26 points in our ABC News/Washington Post/Ipsos poll. — ABC News, 22 Oct. 2026 While two other Iowa Republicans locked in tight races supported the resolution, Hinson opposed it. — Kaia Hubbard, CBS News, 22 Oct. 2026 Universal Cart uses Google Wallet to help identify supported payment benefits and relevant offers. — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 22 Oct. 2026 Nine of the additional 12, however, are in Bosnia, a neighboring country slightly smaller than West Virginia, where ethnic Serbs have mostly supported Vucic and his party. — Branimir Pipal, Los Angeles Times, 22 Oct. 2026 The demonstration marked the completion of the project’s first phase, supported by funding from the US Department of Energy. — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 16 Oct. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for supported
Adjective
  • Qualifying for European football as a promoted side?
    — The Athletic UK Staff, New York Times, 26 May 2026
Verb
  • The judge handling last month endorsed a proposal by the suit's plaintiff to notify potential class members to submit claims on the settlement by conducting a four-week-long social media campaign on Facebook and Instagram.
    — Dan Mangan, CNBC, 21 Oct. 2026
  • These new lines of thought, which have gained prominence among influential defense intellectuals and policy experts close to the Kremlin over the past year do not need to be endorsed in formal security doctrine to matter.
    — Dmitry Adamsky, Foreign Affairs, 21 Oct. 2026
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  • The organizations, which maintained recognition from their national groups, created their own fraternity council.
    — Brittany Shammas, CNN Money, 17 Oct. 2026
  • Aledo didn’t score in the fourth quarter but easily maintained a sizable lead.
    — Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 17 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • This very serious injury was what was sustained by several riders after riding the X2 roller coaster at Six Flags Magic Mountain in California, including two who required emergency brain surgery.
    — Katia Hetter, CNN Money, 16 Oct. 2026
  • Williams originally sustained the injury late in Chicago’s Week 2 loss to Minnesota, pulling up lame on a fourth-quarter scramble toward the end zone before being carted off in visible tears.
    — Alejandro Avila OutKick, FOXNews.com, 16 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • And the Starshield throttling — which apparently is still in effect — has doubtless reinforced the nation's desire to control its own satellite-communications infrastructure.
    — Mike Wall, Space.com, 22 Oct. 2026
  • Crews excavated an 8-acre basin in the infield to serve as a holding pond, while contractors rebuilt the culverts under the track and reinforced the road leading into it.
    — Abe Streep, ProPublica, 21 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • For example, O’Donnell has staunchly defended Israel and condemned bigotry.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 17 Oct. 2026
  • The secretary general of the nine-member electoral council, Nemrod Sanon visited North Miami this week and defended the changes to the electoral framework.
    — Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 17 Oct. 2026
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  • Only two human deaths have ever been confirmed by biologists.
    — Fedor Zarkhin, Los Angeles Times, 22 Oct. 2026
  • In June, federal officials confirmed the first Texas case of New World screwworm in decades.
    — Robert Kelly, Fortune, 22 Oct. 2026
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  • Kapszukiewicz thanked all community agencies that helped respond to the event, including those who assisted in evacuating residents and setting up shelters.
    — Rebecca Cohen, NBC news, 21 Oct. 2026
  • Spero said that Pangram is calibrated to call something AI-assisted only if the tool is extremely confident in its analysis.
    — T.M. Brown, CNN Money, 21 Oct. 2026

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“Supported.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/supported. Accessed 23 Oct. 2026.

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