prop
verb (used with object)
to support, or prevent from falling, with or as if with a prop (often followed byup ).
propping
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present participleof prop.present participle
A verb form that is used in progressive verb constructions and may also function as a modifier or a gerund.
Example Sentences
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Artificial intelligence has been “the one thing” propping up the economy and global markets, according to Apollo Global Management.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 9, 2026
Displaying them overhead or enshrined on pedestals, as at MoMA, is more dramatic and less ambiguous than propping them against gallery walls.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 30, 2026
Meanwhile, Japanese media reported that authorities had spent around $64 billion since last week propping up the yen.
From Barron's ● May 8, 2026
"Most of the investors who are propping up the games industry have frankly fled to AI to a tremendous degree," says Pearce.
From BBC ● Apr. 16, 2026
Ed McMillan had staged the Rad Lab’s most determined search for the isotope by propping a bottle of granular ammonium nitrate in the path of the thirty-seven-inch machine’s neutron beam for several months.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
