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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
Andrea May Sahouri, Freep.com, 25 July 2025
Soliman spent about four years at Cincinnati Children's, first arriving in the United States in 2014 after being persecuted in his native Egypt for work in support of freelance journalists.
—Patricia Gallagher Newberry, The Enquirer, 25 July 2025
Caroline Blair, People.com, 24 July 2025
The satellites are manufactured in Kirkland, Washington at a pace of five per day, which is fast enough to support the needs put in place by the FCC.
—Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 24 July 2025
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Noun
This legislative session, Michigan lawmakers in both chambers have again proposed public safety funding that would support CVI, but that support has been caught up in a missed deadline and budget negotiations, causing legislation approved by House to be stalled since April.
—Andrea May Sahouri, Freep.com, 25 July 2025
Soliman spent about four years at Cincinnati Children's, first arriving in the United States in 2014 after being persecuted in his native Egypt for work in support of freelance journalists.
—Patricia Gallagher Newberry, The Enquirer, 25 July 2025
Verb
Both artists have supported each other at various events over the years.
—Caroline Blair, People.com, 24 July 2025
The satellites are manufactured in Kirkland, Washington at a pace of five per day, which is fast enough to support the needs put in place by the FCC.
—Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 24 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for support
Noun
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The first shots were exchanged in May, prompting the reinforcement of the border.—
Brady Knox,
The Washington Examiner,
25 July 2025
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The New York Yankees have a reinforcement on the way ahead of their postseason push.—
Ryan Canfield,
FOXNews.com,
25 July 2025
Noun
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Call 2-1-1 to learn more about local heat relief options, receive help with utility bills or access other types of assistance.—
Sasha Hupka,
AZCentral.com,
23 July 2025
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Jordan, who was not involved in the ACSM report, said eliminating food assistance could worsen the nation's chronic disease epidemic.—
Ken Alltucker,
USA Today,
22 July 2025
Verb
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Jennings advocates that renters get renters’ insurance and that building owners make sump pumps available to renters, because the owners must give permission for residents to apply for the state’s grant program that covered repairs and backflow preventers for homeowners.—
Julianna D’Addona,
Hartford Courant,
27 July 2025
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Some Democrats, who for years have advocated for nonpartisan redistricting, say the party should respond in kind to GOP efforts.—
Oren Oppenheim,
ABC News,
26 July 2025
Verb
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Two-way traffic will be maintained during construction.—
Sofia Joseph,
jsonline.com,
22 July 2025
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What To Know The ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) and its junior coalition partner, Komeito, were short three seats to maintain a majority in the 248-seat upper house.—
Shane Croucher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
21 July 2025
Verb
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Instead, both partners should be willingly putting in the effort to sustain their relationship.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes.com,
19 July 2025
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That includes Clark, who sustained a groin injury last week that sidelined her from Friday's three-point contest and tonight's All-Star Game.—
Becky Sullivan,
NPR,
19 July 2025
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The current American administration, though, is the first to reinforce those ambitions, rather than curtail them.—
Yair Rosenberg,
The Atlantic,
24 July 2025
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Sadly, these actions only reinforce speculation (or fact) about underlying motives.—
Sun Sentinel Editorial Board,
Sun Sentinel,
24 July 2025
Verb
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However, the Commission did not indicate any sudden or unexpected event that would justify the urgency.—
Jon McGowan,
Forbes.com,
24 July 2025
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Lay of the land Advocates for the Golden Dome point to recent events to justify the program.—
Stephen Clark,
ArsTechnica,
23 July 2025
Verb
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The crime drama follows a handwritten manuscript of Dante Alighieri’s Divine Comedy, which makes its way from the Vatican library to a mob boss in New York, who turns to writer and Dante expert Nick Tosches to verify its authenticity.—
Scott Roxborough,
HollywoodReporter,
30 July 2025
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Users who verify their humanness with an Orb can claim up to 39 Worldcoin crypto tokens, valued at approximately $45.—
Karoline Leonard,
Austin American Statesman,
30 July 2025
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“Support.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/support. Accessed 2 Aug. 2025.
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