sustained

verb

Definition of sustainednext
past tense of sustain
1
as in nurtured
to supply with nourishment a granola bar should sustain you long enough to last until lunch

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2
as in experienced
to come to a knowledge of (something) by living through it sustained serious injuries in the car crash

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3
as in endured
to put up with (something painful or difficult) I won't sustain such insolence!

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4
as in bolstered
to hold up or serve as a foundation for that old chair won't sustain your weight

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Recent Examples of sustained The woman was able to leave the residence before officers arrived and was later taken to Aurora Medical Center in Burlington for injuries sustained in the assault. — Hope Karnopp, jsonline.com, 30 Aug. 2026 Absent new domestic discoveries of the scale and accessibility needed to replace them, overall production could not be sustained. — David Blackmon, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2026 Three of the jail guards sustained minor injuries and scratches, Bland said. — Los Angeles Times, 29 Aug. 2026 Troops in this area have sustained heavy casualties in battles with the regional Islamic State affiliate, and analysts and security sources say frustration with the government is mounting within frontline units. — Reuters, NBC news, 29 Aug. 2026 The fire has been contained, but the home sustained significant damage. — Tania Azhang, Sacbee.com, 29 Aug. 2026 The market is attempting to judge how long high capital expenditures and elevated valuations surrounding AI can be sustained. — CNBC, 28 Aug. 2026 The second driver was hospitalized with injuries sustained in the collision. — Dean Fioresi, CBS News, 28 Aug. 2026 About a quarter of those injuries are sustained by children under the age of 5. — Susan Bromley, Freep.com, 28 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sustained
  1. nurtured
  2. experienced
  3. endured
  4. bolstered
  5. satisfied
  6. had
  7. tolerated
  8. carried
Verb
  • The relationships nurtured by gift thinking diminish our sense of scarcity and want.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 23 Aug. 2026
  • The Migos, Lil Baby and City Girls are among the artists the label has nurtured, according to its website.
    — Saman Shafiq, USA Today, 21 Aug. 2026
Definition of nurtured
Verb
  • The city experienced a recent peak of 719 homicides in 2022, a year before Johnson took office, and ended last year with 416, according to Chicago police statistics.
    — Jake Sheridan, Chicago Tribune, 31 Aug. 2026
  • In Montpelier, Vermont, a city that has experienced significant flooding through the years, arborist Joseph Ferris stands next to a giant elm tree that has stood in the state’s capital since the late 1800s.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 31 Aug. 2026
Definition of experienced
Verb
  • Iran's leaders, however, dismissed the impact of the new measures, having already endured decades-long crippling sanctions since shortly after the 1979 revolution.
    — Mark Osborne, CBS News, 28 Aug. 2026
  • Protectionism is generally not the cause of trade conflicts, but rather a symptom of imbalances that have endured for too long.
    — MICHAEL PETTIS, Foreign Affairs, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of endured
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  • The gain was bolstered by a 45 percent increase in the company’s AI Cloud and Compute businesses.
    — Arthur Zaczkiewicz, Footwear News, 24 Aug. 2026
  • From 1970 to 1980, its membership increased eightfold, to more than 700,000—bolstered by a push to include low-level sales associates in its membership and a rush of women joining.
    — Michael Waters, The Atlantic, 22 Aug. 2026
Definition of bolstered
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  • The court sent unresolved questions about whether the warrant in that case satisfied constitutional requirements back to a lower court.
    — Zachary Bynum, CBS News, 23 Aug. 2026
  • The court did not decide whether the particular geofence warrant ultimately satisfied the Fourth Amendment's probable cause and particularity requirements.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 18 Aug. 2026
Definition of satisfied
Verb
  • Three victims had serious injuries but were in stable condition, while two others had minor injuries.
    — Angel Saunders, PEOPLE, 1 Sep. 2026
  • When the islanders first got their phones back while in Fiji, Melanie had a video call with her sister in an unseen clip.
    — Alejandra Gularte, Vulture, 1 Sep. 2026
Definition of had
Verb
  • In both studies, the pill maintained viral suppression at rates comparable to patients’ previous regimens at 48 weeks and was generally well tolerated with no new safety concerns.
    — Annika Kim Constantino, CNBC, 27 Aug. 2026
  • First, rising yields due to better nominal economic growth are typically tolerated more readily, since nominal GDP growth is a primary driver of corporate profits.
    — Bill Stone, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2026
Definition of tolerated
Verb
  • Norman carried his district and the upstate, where the Grahams were raised and where conservative voters had been most critical of the late senator.
    — David Weigel, semafor.com, 26 Aug. 2026
  • Ukraine resumed drone attacks on Moscow overnight into Wednesday morning, the city's Mayor Sergey Sobyanin said, hours after the departure of the plane that carried CIA Director John Ratcliffe to Moscow for an unannounced visit on Tuesday morning.
    — David Brennan, ABC News, 26 Aug. 2026
Definition of carried

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“Sustained.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sustained. Accessed 3 Sep. 2026.

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