well-supported

adjective(well supported when postpositive)

having good physical support: a sofa in which your back is well supported
having a lot of support or encouragement: friendly matches were less well supported

substantially upheld by evidence or facts: many well-supported theories

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How to use well-supported in a sentence

The effect of rising home values on consumer spending is well supported by economic research.
The Business/Consumer Confidence Split | Matthew Zeitlin | October 10, 2012 | THE DAILY BEAST
I did not wish to go before the mission with my proposition until I had it well supported.
Silver Chimes in Syria | W. S. Nelson
The population was only three hundred, but a weekly paper had been started and was well supported.
Ocean to Ocean on Horseback | Willard Glazier
Sporting events, also cricket and football leagues for munition workers, have been well supported.
The Romance of the Red Triangle | Arthur Keysall Yapp
And when they are become so, they have then the best chance for being well supported.
The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. I. (of 12) | Edmund Burke

A clear path, therefore, toward this object also must be thrown open, and well supported.
Novum Organum | Francis Bacon

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