upheld
Example Sentences
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An appeals court last week upheld a district court order halting work on the ballroom but put its ruling on hold to allow for the administration to appeal to the Supreme Court.
From Barron's ● Aug. 14, 2026
That decision, which was upheld by an appellate court in July, had barred the new measures from being implemented in the states that sued, but not elsewhere.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026
B.P.J., which upheld state protections for women and girls in school sports, including college sports.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 2, 2026
Although there is the theoretical right to appeal, without a lawyer they cannot submit one "and then the sentence is automatically upheld", she says.
From BBC ● Jul. 31, 2026
Ere long, I became aware that some one was handling me; lifting me up and supporting me in a sitting posture, and that more tenderly than I had ever been raised or upheld before.
From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë
