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as in reinforcement
a structure that holds up or serves as a foundation for something else
if you don't add a couple more supports to that tower of blocks, it's going to fall down
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as in assistance
an act or instance of helping
the team's victory owes a lot to Joe's strong support in left field
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as in to advocate
to promote the interests or cause of
though childless themselves, they support the local schools both by volunteering and by fiercely opposing funding cuts
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as in to maintain
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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as in to reinforce
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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as in to justify
to continue to declare to be true or proper despite opposition or objections
we support the students' right to speak out on local issues that affect them
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as in to verify
to give evidence or testimony to the truth or factualness of
new evidence supports the original researchers' unexpected conclusions
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as in to assist
to provide (someone) with what is useful or necessary to achieve an end
sent reinforcements to support the troops deployed overseas
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as in to tolerate
to put up with (something painful or difficult)
he simply cannot support the thought of having to go on living without his beloved wife at his side
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Recent Examples of support
Steve Liesman, CNBC, 19 Apr. 2025
Republicans moved to censure Green, a resolution that garnered support from just 10 Democrats, including Himes.
—Lisa Hagen, Hartford Courant, 19 Apr. 2025
Cheryl Robinson, Forbes.com, 1 May 2025
This guide explores the pros and cons of staking and caging, and provides must-know tips for using your tomato supports properly.
—Megan Hughes, Better Homes & Gardens, 1 May 2025
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Noun
The president achieved a slight majority of support from independents on deportations and 22% support from Democrats on the Southern border.
—Steve Liesman, CNBC, 19 Apr. 2025
Republicans moved to censure Green, a resolution that garnered support from just 10 Democrats, including Himes.
—Lisa Hagen, Hartford Courant, 19 Apr. 2025
Verb
By supporting a wide range of financial assistance programs, not just Medicaid, the company gives users a safety net even as benefits shift.
—Cheryl Robinson, Forbes.com, 1 May 2025
This guide explores the pros and cons of staking and caging, and provides must-know tips for using your tomato supports properly.
—Megan Hughes, Better Homes & Gardens, 1 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for support
Noun
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Unlike traditional one-and-done training sessions, these tools provide continuous reinforcement through scalable, on-demand coaching.—
Rhett Power,
Forbes.com,
20 Apr. 2025
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But a receiving group that struggled with drops last season still needs reinforcements.—
Steve Megargee,
Chicago Tribune,
19 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Individual states may have additional requirements, so contact your state’s driver’s licensing agency online or in person for additional information or assistance.—
Amaris Encinas,
USA Today,
30 Apr. 2025
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Figures from a new report show that more people were prosecuted around Europe in 2024 for rendering assistance to irregular migrants than in previous years.—
Frey Lindsay,
Forbes.com,
29 Apr. 2025
Verb
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Their visit comes after four House Democrats traveled to El Salvador earlier this week to advocate for the return of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a Maryland man who was wrongly deported to the Central American country.—
Sudiksha Kochi,
USA Today,
24 Apr. 2025
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Kerry Morrison, founder of a nonprofit that advocates for change in the mental health system and has sat for years on the oversight committee for the city’s Proposition HHH homeless housing fund, finds all the new groups hard to follow.—
Doug Smith,
Los Angeles Times,
23 Apr. 2025
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In April, 2018, Ayyub was sitting with a friend in a Delhi restaurant when a source alerted her to a video that was appearing in online chat groups maintained by B.J.P. supporters.—
Andrew Marantz,
New Yorker,
28 Apr. 2025
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Follow the journalist for a continued conversation about the risks of injectables, why founders need to invest in TikTok, and how to maintain success as a beauty brand in 2024’s saturated market.—
Dahvi Shira,
Forbes.com,
28 Apr. 2025
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Taking a modular approach, Kim said more batteries could be added in the future to sustain specific components, enabling them to live on through the cold lunar night.—
Leonard David,
Space.com,
26 Apr. 2025
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More flexible funding from donors is required to sustain this important work.—
Sarah Ferguson,
Forbes.com,
26 Apr. 2025
Verb
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Roll a 6-foot-long piece of hog wire or concrete reinforcing wire into a 2-foot-diameter tomato cage.—
Megan Hughes,
Better Homes & Gardens,
1 May 2025
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It was reinforced in 2022 by the California Air Resources Board, and copied by 11 other states: New York, Washington, Oregon, Colorado, New Mexico, New Jersey, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Delaware and Maryland.—
Paul Rogers,
Mercury News,
1 May 2025
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Reports indicate that some Republican senators have been weighing whether eliminating the California rules justifies breaking that norm.—
Camila Domonoske,
NPR,
1 May 2025
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The Guardians didn’t feel Gimenez offered enough offense to justify his long-term contract, which becomes increasingly expensive.—
Bernie Pleskoff,
Forbes.com,
1 May 2025
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The system can also verify that the individual presenting the document is both physically present and matches the ID photo, all completed remotely in minutes.—
Alonzo Martinez,
Forbes.com,
25 Apr. 2025
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The usefulness of those rankings could require months or years to verify, and the AI co-scientist, which is still being evaluated by human scientists, is for now limited to biomedical research.—
Matteo Wong,
The Atlantic,
25 Apr. 2025
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“Support.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/support. Accessed 5 May. 2025.
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