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maintained

ADJECTIVE

helped

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abetted accompanied advised assisted backed befriended bolstered encouraged nursed relieved subsidized supported sustained

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taken care of

Antonyms

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discouraged

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harmed hindered impeded

ADJECTIVE

kept

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clutched guarded held reserved saved withheld

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at hand on file watched over

Antonyms

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abandoned broken dishonored forgotten

ADJECTIVE

operated

Synonyms

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fulfilled managed negotiated regulated

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accomplished achieved administered contrived conveyed determined directed driven enforced executed finished governed guided handled manipulated moved ordered performed practiced promoted revolved run served superintended supervised sustained transacted transported turned used wielded worked

ADJECTIVE

retained

Synonyms

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received saved

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confined contained detained had held included owned possessed remembered reserved restrained secured sustained treasured withheld

WEAK

held-back

Antonyms

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extroverted lost outgoing

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disengaged let go refused unemployed wasted

ADJECTIVE

safe

Synonyms

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intact protected secure

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okay snug

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cherished free from danger guarded home free impervious impregnable in safety inviolable invulnerable out of danger out of harm's way preserved safe and sound safeguarded sheltered shielded sitting pretty tended unassailable undamaged under lock and key under one's wing unharmed unhurt uninjured unmolested unscathed unthreatened vindicated watched

Antonyms

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insecure unprotected

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dangerous exposed harmful incautious poisonous risky unguarded unsafe unthoughtful vulnerable

ADJECTIVE

saved

Synonyms

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freed released rescued

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conserved cured defended guarded healed preserved protected reclaimed regenerated safeguarded salvaged secure

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safe unthreatened

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insecure unprotected

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lost destroyed ruined spent squandered wasted

ADJECTIVE

upheld

Synonyms

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backed sustained

Antonyms

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unsupported

Example Sentences

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The agency maintained networks of contractors and subcontractors, often smaller local groups that employed local community members.

From Slate • Jun. 9, 2026

The upshot is that those premiums are, for the most part, guaranteed to remain fixed and never increase over your entire lifetime, as long as the monthly payments are maintained.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 9, 2026

The bereaved families have maintained the attacks were avoidable and never been happy with Calocane's sentence.

From BBC • Jun. 8, 2026

The firm until 2024 maintained a large life-insurance business alongside its property-casualty arm, and both invested in hedge funds.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2026

There are clear limits to the size of groups that can be formed and maintained in such a way.

From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari

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