sustain
verb (used with object)
to support, hold, or bear up from below; bear the weight of, as a structure.
sustainment
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a word derived from
sustain.
Example Sentences
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"Marine Corps activities in Australia support integrated global sustainment by maintaining ready-for-issue equipment and supplies for operations and exercises across the Indo-Pacific," a US Marine Corps Forces Pacific spokesperson told AFP.
From Barron's ● Jun. 16, 2026
Congress should increase the Pentagon’s facilities sustainment, restoration and modernization funds to address these gaps.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 20, 2026
Government Accountability Office examined in its recent review of IP and sustainment planning.
From MarketWatch ● Feb. 28, 2026
There are already 17 sustainable development goals and the scientists are urging an 18th that would promote space conservation and sustainment of Earth's orbit, particularly to prevent the accumulation of space junk.
From Salon ● Jan. 11, 2025
But he, touching as he is in the humility and tender unselfishness of his love, is too exclusively of the artist temperament to give direction or sustainment to the deeper moral requirements of her being.
From The Ethics of George Eliot's Works by John Crombie Brown
