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upheld
adjective as in supported
Strong matches
Example Sentences
The grievance was upheld in her favour and later led to hospital bosses demanding that the consultants apologise to her.
But Parliament's standards commissioner upheld the complaint against him.
Iowa, in particular, is now living under a draconian six-week abortion ban that was upheld by its far-right Supreme Court last summer.
Earlier this year, the Arizona Supreme Court upheld an 1864 law that banned nearly all abortions in the state.
Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit upheld the order in a ruling authored by Kurt D. Engelhardt, another judge nominated by Trump.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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