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- scientists looking for direct supporting evidence of microscopic black holes, the existence of which is theoretical
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verbSynonyms & Antonyms of supporting (Entry 2 of 2)
- though childless themselves, they support the local schools both by volunteering and by fiercely opposing funding cuts
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- a young widow supporting a sick mother as well as two small children on a teacher's salary
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- pillars supporting the bridge
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- studies that support the claim that red wine drinkers have a reduced risk of coronary disease and cancer
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- we support the students' right to speak out on local issues that affect them
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- new evidence supports the original researchers' unexpected conclusions
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- sent reinforcements to support the troops deployed overseas
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- championing,
- endorsing
- (also indorsing),
- patronizing,
- promoting,
- sponsoring
- bolstering,
- boosting,
- buttressing,
- reinforcing
- (also reenforcing)
- advising,
- counseling
- (or counselling),
- guiding,
- mentoring,
- nurturing
- benefiting
- (also benefitting),
- favoring,
- obliging,
- profiting,
- serving
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- he simply cannot support the thought of having to go on living without his beloved wife at his side
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- abiding,
- absorbing,
- accepting,
- bearing,
- biding
- [chiefly dialect],
- brooking,
- countenancing,
- enduring,
- going,
- hacking,
- handling,
- meeting,
- pocketing,
- standing,
- sticking out,
- stomaching,
- sustaining,
- sweating out,
- taking,
- tolerating,
- wearing
- [British]
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“Supporting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/supporting. Accessed 22 Sep. 2021.
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