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maintain

[meyn-teyn] / meɪnˈteɪn /




Usage

What are other ways to say maintain? To maintain is to support so as to preserve intact: to maintain an attitude of defiance. To support is to hold up or add strength to, literally or figuratively: The columns support the roof. To sustain, a rather elevated word, suggests completeness and adequacy in supporting: The court sustained his claim. Uphold applies especially to supporting or backing another, as in a statement, opinion, or belief: to uphold the rights of a minority.

Example Sentences

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His co-defendants have yet to stand trial and maintain their innocence.

From Los Angeles Times

A separate statement from worker organizations and unions representing Amazon.com, Google and Microsoft employees urged their own employers to maintain the same red lines in any contracts with the Pentagon.

From The Wall Street Journal

Anthropic’s hesitance to give the blanket approval and desire to maintain red lines banning uses for mass domestic surveillance and autonomous weapons frustrated some administration officials, people familiar with the conversations said.

From The Wall Street Journal

Dorsey has maintained that the latest cuts weren’t primarily motivated by cost savings.

From The Wall Street Journal

A self-proclaimed “griot,” Jenkins throughout his decades-spanning career maintained an art practice grounded in the tradition of those West African oral historians who came before him.

From Los Angeles Times