upheld
Americanverb
verb
Example Sentences
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"We've upheld our family's reputation, and this legacy has come down to me... It truly pains me to end it," Yau said.
From Barron's
Ms. Weiss has so far upheld what I will courteously assume was the implicit bargain that landed her the CBS job.
The Israeli Supreme Court upheld a ban on the film in 2022, deeming it "defamatory".
From Barron's
The U.S. 9th Court of Appeals has upheld a lower court order requiring the U.S.
From Los Angeles Times
Congress passed, and the Supreme Court unanimously upheld, a law requiring the app’s Chinese owner, ByteDance, to divest and relinquish operational control of the U.S. business or be banned.
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