prop
verb (used with object)
to support, or prevent from falling, with or as if with a prop (often followed byup ).
has propped
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present perfectof prop (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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The most vulnerable to the shock, the IMF has said, are low-income oil-importing countries that are not exposed to the boom in AI investment that has propped up growth in many advanced economies.
From Barron's ● Oct. 17, 2026
The venture-capital flood has propped up more than 400 drone companies in the U.S.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 20, 2026
But the Premier League has propped that average up, markedly higher at 5.9 players who play 90 minutes.
From BBC ● Mar. 27, 2026
For years, Russia and Israel have enjoyed good working relations and closely coordinated to avoid run-ins in the skies over Syria, Israel’s northeastern neighbor, where Russian air power has propped up embattled President Bashar Assad.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 19, 2022
Alice has propped up a stick at a 45-degree angle to the ground.
From "On the Far Side of the Mountain" by Jean Craighead George
