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as in support
an act or instance of helping
the teacher's backing on the science project was invaluable
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as in sponsorship
the financial support and general guidance for an undertaking
the museum exhibition would not have been possible without corporate backing
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as in endorsing
to promote the interests or cause of
she enthusiastically backed the plan to renovate and upgrade the school's facilities
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as in assisting
to provide (someone) with what is useful or necessary to achieve an end
a number of influential people have already agreed to back the candidate
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as in reinforcing
to provide evidence or information for (as a claim or idea)
the author needs to back her thesis with more facts
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Recent Examples of backing
Adam Beam, AJC.com, 21 Jan. 2026
Tafoya, however, is running as a Republican, and has the full backing of the National Republican Senatorial Committee, seeking to leverage the anti-ICE protests and fraud investigations into a Senate seat.
—Alex Weprin, HollywoodReporter, 21 Jan. 2026
Ashley Chalmers, The Spruce, 27 Jan. 2026
Initially, the group was a place for like-minded activists in numerous cities to convene, and various chapters started having success at backing local candidates.
—Charles Duhigg, New Yorker, 26 Jan. 2026
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Noun
McNeel enters the runoff against Brown with unified GOP backing in a district designed for Republicans to romp.
—Adam Beam, AJC.com, 21 Jan. 2026
Tafoya, however, is running as a Republican, and has the full backing of the National Republican Senatorial Committee, seeking to leverage the anti-ICE protests and fraud investigations into a Senate seat.
—Alex Weprin, HollywoodReporter, 21 Jan. 2026
Verb
Rubber backing that no longer grips the floor.
—Ashley Chalmers, The Spruce, 27 Jan. 2026
Initially, the group was a place for like-minded activists in numerous cities to convene, and various chapters started having success at backing local candidates.
—Charles Duhigg, New Yorker, 26 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for backing
Noun
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And with the support of my community.—
Jackson Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
29 Jan. 2026
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Another major addition is support for Connected Apps.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
29 Jan. 2026
Noun
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For over two decades, her father has been trying to do just that with the help of his brother, who is a citizen, through his I-130 sponsorship, also called a family petition.—
Marie Saavedra,
CBS News,
9 Jan. 2026
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The hosts talk about how the saga shows the other side of sports sponsorships.—
Scott Soshnick,
Sportico.com,
8 Jan. 2026
Verb
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The announcement comes less than a week after Vietnam reelected Communist Party General Secretary To Lam as the country’s top leader, endorsing his vision of economic growth driven by aggressive reforms.—
Aniruddha Ghosal,
Fortune,
29 Jan. 2026
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Rogan, who has increasingly broken with Trump in recent months after endorsing his 2024 campaign, refrained from explicitly criticizing the president or the Department of Homeland Security on Wednesday’s episode.—
Conor Murray,
Forbes.com,
28 Jan. 2026
Verb
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The Tennessee National Guard said about 170 soldiers and airmen were assisting with recovery efforts, including helping more than 200 people stranded in vehicles and homes and providing rides to nearly 300 emergency and health care workers.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
30 Jan. 2026
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After college, and a short stint assisting an old school talent agent in Manhattan, Emanuel headed to Hollywood.—
Mike Fleming Jr,
Deadline,
29 Jan. 2026
Verb
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As Morrison pointed out, representations and practices can be mutually reinforcing.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
30 Jan. 2026
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By Saturday, a reinforcing shot of arctic air will sweep across Texas from northeast to southwest.—
Mary Wasson,
Austin American Statesman,
29 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Photorealistic traffic environments allow drivers to test displays and assistance features in context.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
28 Jan. 2026
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The investigation is being led by Immigration and Customs Enforcement's Homeland Security Investigations under Special Agents in Charge Mark Zito and Jason Todd Stevens, with assistance from the FBI, according to multiple officials briefed on the case.—
Sarah N. Lynch,
CBS News,
27 Jan. 2026
Noun
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This was the decade of Italy’s ascension onto the global style stage, following the patronage of Giovanni Battista Giorgini and the Made In Italy movement the aristocrat inspired.—
Rachel Elspeth Gross,
Forbes.com,
21 Jan. 2026
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The partnership marks the first time M+’s moving-image initiatives will be made available to a worldwide streaming audience, a step that both deepens Chanel’s cultural-patronage footprint in Asia and expands Mubi’s curatorial ambitions across the region, the partners say.—
Patrick Brzeski,
HollywoodReporter,
14 Jan. 2026
Verb
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Governors Stephen Miran and Christopher Waller voted against the hold, with both advocating another quarter-point cut.—
Jeff Cox,
CNBC,
28 Jan. 2026
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In Snowflake’s 2025 global survey, The Radical ROI of Gen AI, 59% of respondents worried that advocating for the wrong use cases could cost them their job.—
Jennifer Belissent,
Forbes.com,
28 Jan. 2026
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“Backing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/backing. Accessed 1 Feb. 2026.
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