1
as in nurtured
to supply with nourishment
a granola bar should sustain you long enough to last until lunch
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2
as in experienced
to come to a knowledge of (something) by living through it
sustained serious injuries in the car crash
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as in endured
to put up with (something painful or difficult)
I won't sustain such insolence!
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as in bolstered
to hold up or serve as a foundation for
that old chair won't sustain your weight
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Recent Examples of sustained
The effects don’t evaporate when the week ends, either; they’re sustained for a month.
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Angela Haupt, Time, 3 June 2026
Worth noting Infielder Christian Koss sustained a left wrist fracture.
—Justice Delos Santos, Mercury News, 2 June 2026
Williams reportedly sustained a scrape to his face during the altercation.
—Colson Thayer, PEOPLE, 2 June 2026
In 2023, the Forest Service began considering a permit system to reduce foot traffic to the Blue Lakes and surrounding Mount Sneffels Wilderness, near Ridgway and Telluride, after studies showed that the area had sustained significant damage from overcrowding.
—Tiney Ricciardi, Denver Post, 2 June 2026
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Angela Haupt, Time, 3 June 2026
Worth noting Infielder Christian Koss sustained a left wrist fracture.
—Justice Delos Santos, Mercury News, 2 June 2026
Williams reportedly sustained a scrape to his face during the altercation.
—Colson Thayer, PEOPLE, 2 June 2026
In 2023, the Forest Service began considering a permit system to reduce foot traffic to the Blue Lakes and surrounding Mount Sneffels Wilderness, near Ridgway and Telluride, after studies showed that the area had sustained significant damage from overcrowding.
—Tiney Ricciardi, Denver Post, 2 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sustained
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The path forward for employers requires not just acknowledging these new competencies but designing visible frameworks that show how AI skills are rewarded, nurtured and advanced within the company.—
Glenn Llopis,
Forbes.com,
30 May 2026
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Indigenous citizens of many distinct nations, too, crafted a relatively expansive vision of unity, one nurtured by kinship, diplomacy, and religion.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
26 May 2026
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Jansen had previously experienced discomfort in his right groin after an April 15 outing against the Royals.—
Cody Stavenhagen,
New York Times,
28 May 2026
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The right footwear for your activity of choice can also spare you from foot pain, unneccesary stress on the knees, conditions like plantar fasciitis, and sudden fatigue experienced during exercise.—
Amina Ayoud,
Footwear News,
28 May 2026
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In those terms, the Kennedys have endured more than their share.—
Stephen Schaefer,
Boston Herald,
31 May 2026
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Douglas County Sheriff's Office The victim also endured other family members declaring in court that Campos was not guilty of the crimes, one prosecutor later said.—
Logan Smith,
CBS News,
31 May 2026
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But other evidence, including video and text messages of the officer bragging about the shooting, bolstered Martinez’s account and a judge dismissed the federal charges against her.—
Zoe Sottile,
CNN Money,
29 May 2026
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The adoption of GPUs is increasingly being bolstered by AMD’s advantages in inference economics, where the MI-series accelerators provide enhanced memory bandwidth and tokens per dollar – the essential metrics as AI workloads transition from training to inference leading up to 2026.—
Trefis Team,
Forbes.com,
28 May 2026
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Personals like this one may feel like a relic—Zohran Mamdani and Rama Duwaji, New York’s mayor and his wife, met on Hinge, after all—but love and lust have been satisfied by column inches since the 1800s.—
Zara Meerza,
Air Mail,
2 May 2026
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State court records show Blueprint satisfied the judgment by last April.—
Daniel Libit,
Sportico.com,
29 Apr. 2026
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But as of Tuesday evening, Wasserman Schultz’s opponents had yet to agree on who should carry that torch.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
3 June 2026
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Still, there are pleasures to be had in the slow build and, as Con and Doane have found, in the comfort of lives lived in just the particular way these men have decided to live them.—
Jackson McHenry,
Vulture,
3 June 2026
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In any other domain, this would not be tolerated.—
Nikhil Handigol,
Forbes.com,
28 May 2026
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However, Graham wants people to be aware that hoax threats will not be tolerated.—
Emily McLeod,
CBS News,
28 May 2026
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His new doctrine fueled a decades-long war – one that ultimately carried the communist movement to victory and state power in Beijing in 1949.—
Dhruv Tikekar,
CNN Money,
30 May 2026
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The Rockies’ Kyle Karros hit an opposite-field line drive that carried to the right-field warning track, but Lee tracked down the potential extra-base hit on the run, then crashed into the chain-link portion of the fence.—
Justice delos Santos,
Mercury News,
30 May 2026
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“Sustained.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sustained. Accessed 4 Jun. 2026.
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