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support system

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noun

  1. people who provide support.

    a family support system to help a troubled youth.


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The findings, published in Nature Neuroscience, point to a potential treatment strategy that focuses on boosting the brain's own support system to slow cognitive decline in neurodegenerative disease.

From Science Daily • May 2, 2026

The live chat network, which includes 350,000 financial professionals in 184 countries, would also be hard to re-create, as well as the terminal’s data security, reliability and robust support system.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 17, 2026

Over the years, his parents petitioned courts several times to allow their son's life support system to be removed.

From BBC • Mar. 11, 2026

The absence of a support system during this time meant Applegate was sometimes left in questionable care.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 3, 2026

Father moved wife’s entire family from China to California to form support system.

From "We Were Here" by Matt De La Peña