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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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Evolutionary biology explains this contrast through a basic principle: energy is limited, and species must divide it between reproduction and maintaining their bodies.

From Science Daily

He has denied involvement in the criminal probe, which he said had nothing to do with interest rates, while maintaining he has a right to express his views.

From BBC

Last year, the company fetched interest from pharmaceutical companies, but instead raised a $150 million Series D financing so it could maintain full ownership of its drug pipeline, said founder and Chief Executive Viswa Colluru.

From The Wall Street Journal

Sinner always maintained the product entered his system unintentionally through a massage from his physiotherapist, who had used a spray containing it to treat a cut.

From Barron's

On Monday, the company reported that a “large majority” of the participants taking MariTide for a second year in a Phase 2 study were able to maintain the weight loss achieved in the first year.

From Barron's