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Meanings of sustaining in English
Synonyms
Examples for "holding"
Examples for "holding"
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A number, including TSB, will be holding meetings to discuss changes today.
2
But May and her government remain strongly opposed to holding another vote.
3
Labour proposes negotiating a new deal and then holding another EU referendum.
4
Higher interest rates increase the opportunity cost of holding non-interest yielding gold.
5
But they adjourned for the year without holding that vote, he said.
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And Americans buy products made in China, therefore supporting China's carbon footprint.
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However, the approach taken by the council will focus on supporting teachers.
3
However, the Russian operation wasn't as straightforward as simply supporting Mr Trump.
4
He also said: Part of industrial strategy is about supporting successful sectors.
5
In the meantime, concerned parties can help by supporting Hawkins marijuana industry.
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Police support groups, however, say the officers were only maintaining public order.
2
As major nuclear powers, we bear special responsibility for maintaining international security.
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Cradock Public Order Police are on the scene maintaining law and order.
4
It needs to facilitate work that goes beyond maintaining order, Amorim said.
5
In general, maintaining a healthy diet has many health benefits, Arem said.
1
The man was openly exultant; he stood for Demos grasping the sceptre.
2
The act of Fred Linden in grasping the limb saved his life.
3
The wild blood in her leaped at the thought of grasping happiness.
4
This will teach thee caution in judgment and accuracy in grasping subjects.
5
The players form in a circle, grasping the hands of their neighbors.
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One only wriggled in the air, brandishing the victim like a feather.
2
They were brandishing their weapons, but no one knew what they wanted.
3
He disappeared inside his house and emerged again brandishing the Pan sword.
4
Police were responding to reports that the 37-year-old was brandishing a gun.
5
Resisting arrest, brandishing a weapon at a police officer, obstructing an investigation.
Usage of sustaining in English
1
Countries accumulate debt partly as a result of sustaining a trade deficit.
2
Conclusion: Policy change requires sustaining policy agenda items into formulation and implementation.
3
Power of sustentation; the quality of sustaining a weight in the air.
4
It may be that entirely new methods for sustaining incomes are required.
5
Our great challenge will be in sustaining what art helps us become.
6
There are claims of homes sustaining damage and businesses suffering financial loss.
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The mechanisms sustaining this disease step are far from being well understood.
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But far from sustaining them, their success was starting to feel suffocating.
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But aides said sustaining an NDAA veto over Guantanamo would be difficult.
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He pointed out the wound, sustaining the body in his left arm.
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Employment, which is key to sustaining the economic recovery, is gradually rising.
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Amanda Bonjour was a woman sustaining herself through resolution, and resolution alone.
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The government is hoping the recovery will broaden out and become self-sustaining.
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After 40 a lady becomes a sustaining member and does not work.
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The water emerges in small, sustaining quantities as springs, creeks, and seeps.
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This approach has, predictably enough, devolved into a self-sustaining game of whack-a-mole.
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Sustaining through the time
Sustaining across language varieties
Ireland
Common
New Zealand
Common
United States of America
Less common
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