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- verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
uphold .
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Examples
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Her family was made noble; on their shield, between two lilies, a sword upholds the crown.
The Red True Story Book Andrew Lang 1900
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And what is more painful, if true, is that the minister who baptized her upholds and justifies the law of the State of Georgia, which gives the mistress such unlimited power over her colored sister in Christ.
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Much talk about the "gender binary" male/female, historically constructed as mirror images, opposites, yin and yang and how transgenderism "upholds" this binary, etc etc etc.
Andrea Dworkin On Transgender Renee 2009
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Much talk about the "gender binary" male/female, historically constructed as mirror images, opposites, yin and yang and how transgenderism "upholds" this binary, etc etc etc.
Archive 2009-08-01 Renee 2009
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Prop 8 ruling: California upholds same-sex marriage ban
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The only question is whether the Supreme Court upholds the Federal District Assembly's rights under the Constitution to regulate marriage and adoption laws ... which it appears more than likely to do.
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The ruling upholds the sentencing of brothers César, Nicolas and Carlos Pérez , the owners of El Universo.
High Court Upholds Libel Suit in Ecuador Mercedes Alvaro 2012
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The only question is whether the Supreme Court upholds the Federal District Assembly's rights under the Constitution to regulate marriage and adoption laws ... which it appears more than likely to do.
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That's the brilliance of the show: it upholds the misfits and makes them into icons!
Laura Munson: Glee: Where Have You Been All My Life? Laura Munson 2011
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That's the brilliance of the show: it upholds the misfits and makes them into icons!
Laura Munson: Glee: Where Have You Been All My Life? Laura Munson 2011
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