- present participle of prop.
propping
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It’s still a $4 trillion company even with the fire sale, but its financing arrangements are propping up a lot of the AI platforms.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 11, 2026
Crystal Palace are propping up the table having lost their past four league matches, but the stats suggest their position is far from terminal.
From BBC ● Nov. 8, 2026
Economists have long warned, however, that the fruits of that growth are not being evenly distributed, with high-income households disproportionately benefiting, and also propping up consumption-led growth.
From Barron's ● Nov. 4, 2026
For months, a common view of the artificial-intelligence boom has been that it is propping up the U.S. economy and it is too big and too flush with cash to care about interest rates.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2026
Me and Dad spent most of our time with her, opening the get-well-soon cards and propping them up on the side table by her bed.
From "The Boy in the Black Suit" by Jason Reynolds
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