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sustained

[suh-steynd] / səˈsteɪnd /


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He says the same is true for other neurodegenerative brain disorders like Alzheimer's and Parkinson's - and reaching a cure would require "major funding, sustained for years".

From BBC

No other Victorian poet could have brought off such a fitful and obsessive work; no one else could have sustained such music and emotion for more than 100 pages.

From The Wall Street Journal

Current levels of fossil fuel and mineral use can’t be sustained indefinitely.

From The Wall Street Journal

On a call with analysts, Live Nation executives touted sustained momentum in ticket sales so far this year.

From BBC

But the concern is that we have a sustained and sticky inflation environment in which businesses are dribbling in price increases.

From Barron's