Sustaining

Synonyms for "sustaining" (32 found)

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Translations

4 translations across 3 languages.

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Bulgarian

2 entries
  • подкрепящ adj (that sustains, supports or provides sustenance)
  • потвърждаващ adj (that sustains, supports or provides sustenance)

Irish

1 entries
  • cothabhálach adj (that sustains, supports or provides sustenance)

Māori

1 entries
  • whakamanapou adj (that sustains, supports or provides sustenance)

Sample sentences

11 total sentences available.

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Especially over the last 20 years, the purported link between progressive welfare policies and economic failure in the Northern European countries seems to point to the difficulty of sustaining both full social welfare and international competitivity.

Source: tatoeba (280529)

We are soldiers in France, and we are citizens. Another reason to be proud, to be a citizen! For the poor, this consists in sustaining and preserving the wealthy in their power and their idleness. The poor must work there, before the majestic equality of the law, which forbids the wealthy and the poor alike to sleep under bridges, to beg in the streets and to steal bread. That is one of the good effects of the Revolution.

Source: tatoeba (4941014)

The planet is incapable of sustaining any life.

Source: tatoeba (11629360)

It is not only an environmental treasure, but an economic one as well, generating billions of dollars in revenue and sustaining tens of thousands of jobs, mostly in the Australian tourism industry.

Source: tatoeba (12265985)

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