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as in defending
to continue to declare to be true or proper despite opposition or objections
determined to uphold her views in the face of all challenges
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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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as in lifting
to move from a lower to a higher place or position
worshippers upheld their joined hands and sang the praises of the Lord
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Recent Examples of upholding
Antwan Staley, New York Daily News, 13 Feb. 2026
Naveen Kumar, Variety, 10 Apr. 2026
This past December, a judge overturned Jordan’s conviction and acquitted him, while upholding the verdict against Washington.
—ABC News, 10 Apr. 2026
At the request of the Department of Justice, the court effectively erased lower court rulings upholding the conviction and sent the case back to the district court, where the department has asked for the case to be dismissed.
—Michael Smith, USA Today, 10 Apr. 2026
But Murray worries about upholding his best friend’s wishes.
—Ashley Miznazi, Miami Herald, 9 Apr. 2026
Ige said the city is upholding the contract that every provider voluntarily opted into.
—Jack O'Connor, Chicago Tribune, 9 Apr. 2026
The Colorado Court of Appeals issued a ruling that threw out former Mesa County Clerk Tina Peters' sentence, while still upholding her conviction for orchestrating a security breach of her own election system.
—Chierstin Roth, CBS News, 3 Apr. 2026
Courts, however, have consistently rejected or sidestepped those 14th Amendment claims over the past quarter century, while almost uniformly upholding the policy interpretation.
—Daniel Libit, Sportico.com, 31 Mar. 2026
Medical licensure boards such as the Texas Medical Board and the Texas Board of Nursing are responsible for upholding medical professional standards no matter where an individual provides care.
—Emily Brindley
health Reporter, Dallas Morning News, 27 Mar. 2026
Noun
In addition, the NFL alleged that the report card surveys interfered with the union’s upholding of Article 39, Section 5, which mandates that the league and union jointly conduct an anonymous survey at least once every three years regarding players’ opinions on medical care and staff.
—Antwan Staley, New York Daily News, 13 Feb. 2026
Verb
Willy laments to his stout and thankless wife, Linda (Laurie Metcalf, upholding her reputation as a Broadway MVP), that buyers on the road laugh at him — that one even called him a shrimp.
—Naveen Kumar, Variety, 10 Apr. 2026
This past December, a judge overturned Jordan’s conviction and acquitted him, while upholding the verdict against Washington.
—ABC News, 10 Apr. 2026
At the request of the Department of Justice, the court effectively erased lower court rulings upholding the conviction and sent the case back to the district court, where the department has asked for the case to be dismissed.
—Michael Smith, USA Today, 10 Apr. 2026
But Murray worries about upholding his best friend’s wishes.
—Ashley Miznazi, Miami Herald, 9 Apr. 2026
Ige said the city is upholding the contract that every provider voluntarily opted into.
—Jack O'Connor, Chicago Tribune, 9 Apr. 2026
The Colorado Court of Appeals issued a ruling that threw out former Mesa County Clerk Tina Peters' sentence, while still upholding her conviction for orchestrating a security breach of her own election system.
—Chierstin Roth, CBS News, 3 Apr. 2026
Courts, however, have consistently rejected or sidestepped those 14th Amendment claims over the past quarter century, while almost uniformly upholding the policy interpretation.
—Daniel Libit, Sportico.com, 31 Mar. 2026
Medical licensure boards such as the Texas Medical Board and the Texas Board of Nursing are responsible for upholding medical professional standards no matter where an individual provides care.
—Emily Brindley
health Reporter, Dallas Morning News, 27 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for upholding
Noun
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In some respects, Anthropic still emphasizes safety more than OpenAI does.—
Ronan Farrow,
New Yorker,
6 Apr. 2026
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This material should not be construed as a recommendation, or advice or an offer or solicitation with respect to the purchase or sale of any investment.—
Katie Stockton,
CNBC,
6 Apr. 2026
Verb
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Every Tuesday of tournament week, the defending champion chooses the menu for his fellow champions, and the lore of the occasion continues to grow.—
Don Riddell,
CNN Money,
7 Apr. 2026
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The biggest name in the portal going to the defending national champions?—
Marisa Ingemi,
Los Angeles Times,
7 Apr. 2026
Verb
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The study concluded with some recommendations, such as sustaining and expanding programs that work, engaging with with people who have experienced homelessness, identifying funding and supporting neighborhood safety and cleanliness.—
Nollyanne Delacruz,
Mercury News,
10 Apr. 2026
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Earlier this month, Varsity founder Jeff Webb died after sustaining a head injury while playing pickleball.—
Daniel Libit,
Sportico.com,
8 Apr. 2026
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The city chose a more muscular solution, raising the park and lifting the river’s edge to form a wall intended to hold back sixteen feet of surge.—
Eric Klinenberg,
New Yorker,
6 Apr. 2026
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If Orbán is reelected, the EU could use that funding as a bargaining chip to extract concessions such as lifting his veto of the 90 billion euros to Ukraine, Hegedűs said.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
6 Apr. 2026
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In spite of a seismic crossing of the technological Rubicon, an abandonment of the centuries-old deference to the naked eye, a codifying and calcifying of the most atomic-level building block of the sport, baseball mostly just looked like baseball.—
Hannah Keyser,
CNN Money,
31 Mar. 2026
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In Syria, Russia positioned itself between Iran and Israel, using its S-400 missile system to control the skies and leveraging that control to extract deference from both sides.—
Joseph Epstein,
MSNBC Newsweek,
31 Mar. 2026
Verb
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Aquarians are all about maintaining the good of the group, and rarely like to cause havoc.—
Lisa Stardust,
PEOPLE,
4 Apr. 2026
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As undersea warfare becomes increasingly central to US naval strategy, the reentry of a modern Virginia-class submarine like USS New Jersey states the importance of maintaining a ready and capable attack submarine fleet.—
Bojan Stojkovski,
Interesting Engineering,
4 Apr. 2026
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The United States Powered Paragliding Association and Experimental Aircraft Association have written letters supporting the ultralight pilots in their fight against the county airport, as cited in the documents under review for the FAA’s upcoming decision.—
Jake Goodrick,
Sacbee.com,
4 Apr. 2026
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Curators pop up in famous artists’ biographies all the time, usually as handmaidens to the creator’s genius, opening a door to a gallery here or supporting a grant application there.—
Hilton Als,
New Yorker,
4 Apr. 2026
Verb
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Perhaps the easiest way to start an argument online is to post a video of a mother raising her child.—
Micah Barkley,
Bloomberg,
10 Apr. 2026
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Political parties were disincentivized from forming coalitions—which might have unified the anti-Orbán vote—by incrementally raising the threshold required for alliances to enter Parliament.—
Kapil Komireddi,
New Yorker,
10 Apr. 2026
Cite this Entry
“Upholding.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/upholding. Accessed 11 Apr. 2026.
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