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as in defended
to continue to declare to be true or proper despite opposition or objections
determined to uphold her views in the face of all challenges
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as in sustained
to hold up or serve as a foundation for
an entablature upheld by a series of gracefully slender columns
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as in lifted
to move from a lower to a higher place or position
worshippers upheld their joined hands and sang the praises of the Lord
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as in uplifted
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Recent Examples of upheld
Rose Evans
september 10, Idaho Statesman, 10 Sep. 2025
Yesterday, an appeals court upheld that $83 million award.
—Emma Hinchliffe, Fortune, 9 Sep. 2025
The last two contests used district boundaries drawn by Republican lawmakers in 2022 and upheld by the Kansas Supreme Court, which found the state constitution does not prohibit partisan redistricting.
—Matthew Kelly, Kansas City Star, 8 Sep. 2025
The Supreme Court recently upheld a ruling that would not allow Oklahoma to launch the country's first religious public charter school.
—Hollie Silverman, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Sep. 2025
The court just seven years earlier, with a different ideological makeup, had upheld such policies.
—Jan Wolfe, USA Today, 8 Sep. 2025
The woman complained and her grievance was upheld.
—Jake Kanter, Deadline, 8 Sep. 2025
The group exhausted legal remedies after a February 2025 Kentucky Supreme Court ruling that upheld a 2021 Metro Council vote to strip the building of its local landmark status, clearing the way for demolition.
—Matthew Glowicki, The Courier-Journal, 3 Sep. 2025
District court decision upheld In 2021, Attorney General Todd Rokita's office began investigating Death Done Differently after receiving a complaint from a member of the funeral services industry alleging Richwine was unlawfully practicing as a funeral director.
—Cate Charron, IndyStar, 2 Sep. 2025
Adjective
The decision upheld a previous denial by the city’s Planning and Zoning Commission over traffic concerns raised by city officials and in more than 300 public comments.
—Rose Evans
september 10, Idaho Statesman, 10 Sep. 2025
Yesterday, an appeals court upheld that $83 million award.
—Emma Hinchliffe, Fortune, 9 Sep. 2025
The last two contests used district boundaries drawn by Republican lawmakers in 2022 and upheld by the Kansas Supreme Court, which found the state constitution does not prohibit partisan redistricting.
—Matthew Kelly, Kansas City Star, 8 Sep. 2025
The Supreme Court recently upheld a ruling that would not allow Oklahoma to launch the country's first religious public charter school.
—Hollie Silverman, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Sep. 2025
The court just seven years earlier, with a different ideological makeup, had upheld such policies.
—Jan Wolfe, USA Today, 8 Sep. 2025
The woman complained and her grievance was upheld.
—Jake Kanter, Deadline, 8 Sep. 2025
The group exhausted legal remedies after a February 2025 Kentucky Supreme Court ruling that upheld a 2021 Metro Council vote to strip the building of its local landmark status, clearing the way for demolition.
—Matthew Glowicki, The Courier-Journal, 3 Sep. 2025
District court decision upheld In 2021, Attorney General Todd Rokita's office began investigating Death Done Differently after receiving a complaint from a member of the funeral services industry alleging Richwine was unlawfully practicing as a funeral director.
—Cate Charron, IndyStar, 2 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for upheld
Verb
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This leads to a devastated Scorsese, who is fiercely defended by the actual Charlize Theron.—
Carson Blackwelder,
PEOPLE,
7 Sep. 2025
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In the end, Mizzou defended its home territory and defeated Kansas 42-31.—
Joseph Hernandez,
Kansas City Star,
7 Sep. 2025
Verb
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The four other occupants of the vehicle sustained nonfatal injuries and were treated on scene and at local hospitals, according to police.—
Drake Bentley,
jsonline.com,
6 Sep. 2025
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Dabrowski sustained the same injury in February of this year.—
The Athletic Tennis Staff,
New York Times,
6 Sep. 2025
Verb
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The country’s Home Affairs Minister resigned, and the government lifted the social-media ban the day after.—
Chad de Guzman,
Time,
9 Sep. 2025
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The mass protests started in response to the ban—which was lifted on Tuesday, September 9—but have since broadened into an expression of dissatisfaction with the country's political leadership and alleged corruption.—
Robert Birsel
Shane Croucher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
9 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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But Olson has emerged uplifted.—
Michael Osipoff,
Chicago Tribune,
21 Aug. 2025
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Others might not care and will just proceed with the newly uplifted chatter.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
11 Aug. 2025
Verb
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Anytime there’s a federal budgetary surplus (which sounds laughable), Congress may conclude that past lawmakers have overtaxed their constituents such that a prompt return of the excess revenue is justified.—
Robert Goulder,
Forbes.com,
8 Sep. 2025
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Prosecutors said that seemed to be aimed at finding jurors who would be open to an argument that an attack on the presidential candidate was justified.—
Greg Allen,
NPR,
8 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Even sparks or embers carried by the wind can ignite nearby leaves or grass, triggering a fire that spreads rapidly.—
CA Weather Bot,
Sacbee.com,
5 Sep. 2025
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Jackson, on Thursday and in her book, credited much of her accomplishments to her birth into a post-Civil Rights America and to the support system that carried her through it.—
Charlotte Observer,
Charlotte Observer,
5 Sep. 2025
Verb
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The decision upheld a previous denial by the city’s Planning and Zoning Commission over traffic concerns raised by city officials and in more than 300 public comments.—
Rose Evans
September 10,
Idaho Statesman,
10 Sep. 2025
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After new state data showed substantial academic gains, Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education members defended a six-figure consulting contract Tuesday that raised questions earlier this year about family connections to the district.—
Rebecca Noel,
Charlotte Observer,
10 Sep. 2025
Verb
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The defense, McCarthy maintained, would have no response.—
Alec Lewis,
New York Times,
8 Sep. 2025
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Patterson, who maintained her innocence throughout the trial and said the poisonings were accidental, has 28 days to appeal her sentence.—
Alasdair Pal,
USA Today,
8 Sep. 2025
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“Upheld.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/upheld. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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