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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
Daniel Apai, The Conversation, 18 Apr. 2025
Proceeds from the event support the Charlotte Museum’s mission to preserve the city’s history.
—Heidi Finley, Charlotte Observer, 18 Apr. 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
This atmospheric composition supported, but did not prove, the idea that K2-18b could be a hycean world.
—Daniel Apai, The Conversation, 18 Apr. 2025
Proceeds from the event support the Charlotte Museum’s mission to preserve the city’s history.
—Heidi Finley, Charlotte Observer, 18 Apr. 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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Document the encounter and seek assistance as soon as possible.—
Milena Malaver,
Miami Herald,
17 Apr. 2025
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Bentonville police were able to access Hensley's cellphone with the assistance of his family and friends, and a witness provided details regarding fentanyl purchases involving Hill, the affidavit states.—
Tracy Neal,
Arkansas Online,
17 Apr. 2025
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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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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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Things like getting enough sleep, exercising and maintaining social connections all make a difference in improving one's outlook – which can in turn make a significant difference in weathering financial uncertainty or landing a new job.—
Katia Riddle,
NPR,
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
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As the fireline is constructed, inspected or reinforced, mappers record those details to adjust the containment percentage.—
CA WILDFIRE BOT,
Sacbee.com,
19 Apr. 2025
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The results reinforce the idea that regeneration of major body parts requires the re-establishment of the signals that lay out organization of the embryo in development—something that gets complicated if those signals are currently acting to organize the embryo.—
John Timmer,
ArsTechnica,
18 Apr. 2025
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As a result, the court ordered the Environmental Protection Agency to either determine whether greenhouse gases from new vehicles contribute to climate change, and therefore endanger human health, or justify its refusal to study the issue.—
Hannah Wiseman,
The Conversation,
18 Apr. 2025
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There are also questions about his logic justifying the policy.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
18 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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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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“Support.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/support. Accessed 1 May. 2025.
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