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upheld

adjective as in supported

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An appellate court later upheld the tariffs, but on the narrow grounds that they didn’t alter Congress’s nondiscriminatory trading scheme.

The purpose of making a will is to ensure that your wishes are upheld, and also make the time after your passing easier for loved ones.

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As a "responsible nuclear-weapons state, China has always... upheld a self-defence nuclear strategy and abided by its commitment to suspend nuclear testing", spokeswoman Mao Ning said at a regular press conference in Beijing.

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The hosts challenged the call, arguing that a fielder could easily have retrieved the ball, but the on-field decision was upheld by video review.

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She has advocated for a “single-party system” branded under the guise of “solidarity,” but the result is an autocratic surveillance state that suppresses free speech, upheld by a violent paramilitary police force.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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