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furthers

VERB

advance, lend support

Synonyms

STRONGEST

encourage expedite facilitate hasten help promote speed

STRONG

aid assist ballyhoo champion contribute engender forward foster generate patronize plug propagate push serve succor

WEAK

back up bail out give a boost to go with lend a hand open doors take care of work for

Antonyms

STRONGEST

block check delay halt hinder hurt slow stop

STRONG

conceal destroy discourage hide ignore impede kill neglect oppose take withhold

WEAK

cease curtail frustrate obstruct prevent protest

Example Sentences

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A solid start to the year for Carlsberg furthers signs of recovery for brewers after a period of declining volumes and revenue.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 29, 2026

Tim Cook steps down as Apple’s CEO, RFK Jr. furthers the peptides fad, and The Onion finally gets InfoWars.

From Slate • Apr. 25, 2026

"Those early years were bit parts, chorus lines, lots of rejection... but my dear dad always reminded me that perseverance furthers, that was his motto."

From BBC • Apr. 12, 2026

That division furthers economic inequality, Barron’s has previously reported.

From Barron's • Feb. 17, 2026

Virtue, then, is the supreme good, and makes everything that furthers it, whether pleasurable or painful, good.

From The Five Great Philosophies of Life by Hyde, William De Witt