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upholding

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verb

present participle of uphold
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as in sustaining
to hold up or serve as a foundation for an entablature upheld by a series of gracefully slender columns

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“Upholding.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/upholding. Accessed 24 Mar. 2023.

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