well-supported
Britishadjective
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having good physical support
a sofa in which your back is well supported
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having a lot of support or encouragement
friendly matches were less well supported
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substantially upheld by evidence or facts
many well-supported theories
Example Sentences
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However, Nixon said the two other stores in Stoke-on-Trent and Warrington were well-supported.
From BBC • Jan. 14, 2026
“Despite recent consolidation, gold prices remain well-supported as global demand hit a record high last quarter,” says ADM Investor Services in a note.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 7, 2025
Based on a biography by Glenn Stout that contains some pretty provocative and reasonably well-supported theories about the ups and downs of her career, this Disney movie runs with those theories hard.
From New York Times • May 30, 2024
Not coincidentally, Quattrini and Catherine McFadden with Harvey Mudd College had completed an extremely detailed, well-supported evolutionary tree of the octocorals in 2022.
From Science Daily • Apr. 23, 2024
It contains some of the profoundest, truest and most courageous considerations stated with connected and well-supported conviction.
From Pot-Boilers by Bell, Clive
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