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furthers

VERB

advance, lend support

Synonyms

STRONGEST

encourage expedite facilitate hasten help promote speed

STRONG

aid assist ballyhoo champion contribute engender forward foster generate patronize plug propagate push serve succor

WEAK

back up bail out give a boost to go with lend a hand open doors take care of work for

Antonyms

STRONGEST

block check delay halt hinder hurt slow stop

STRONG

conceal destroy discourage hide ignore impede kill neglect oppose take withhold

WEAK

cease curtail frustrate obstruct prevent protest

Example Sentences

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Tim Cook steps down as Apple’s CEO, RFK Jr. furthers the peptides fad, and The Onion finally gets InfoWars.

From Slate • Apr. 25, 2026

That division furthers economic inequality, as Barron’s has previously reported.

From Barron's • Feb. 17, 2026

It is the latest acquisition by the Wall Street firm to broaden its offerings to clients outside of traditional investing and furthers Chief Executive David Solomon’s goal of building up the bank’s asset-management division.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 1, 2025

Weakness in the construction industry also furthers a housing-affordability crisis in the state.

From MarketWatch • Oct. 11, 2025

And undoubtedly the subconscious as well as the conscious shaping toward such standards furthers development in the directions thereof.

From Feminism and Sex-Extinction by Kenealy, Arabella