sustaining
adjective
sus·tain·ing
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Definition of sustaining
1
: serving to sustain
2
: aiding in the support of an organization through a special fee
a sustaining member
Examples of sustaining in a Sentence
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That’s a different and more sustaining antidote to dislocation. — Mark Feeney, BostonGlobe.com, "A sense of dislocation in ‘The Last Black Man in San Francisco’," 13 June 2019 Friday's attack was devastating, with 50 people losing their lives and dozens more sustaining injuries when a gunman opened fire on two mosques. — Kayleigh Roberts, Marie Claire, "Prince Harry and Meghan Markle Took a Surprise Outing Yesterday That We All Almost Missed," 20 Mar. 2019 Although sobering in its intimations of mortality, her book makes a heartwarming case not just for the sustaining joys and solace of autumnal desire and commitment but for those of literature, too. — Heller Mcalpin, WSJ, "‘Late-Life Love’ Review: The Glow at Sunset," 22 Nov. 2018 Estee Lauder for building a profitable and sustaining business back in the 1950s; that's when there really weren't a lot of women in business. — Colleen Leahey Mckeegan, Marie Claire, "How to Raise $182 Million," 30 Mar. 2018 And with opium smuggling and local taxation already locked down, attempts were made to control mineral and other self-sustaining resources. — Scott Peterson, The Christian Science Monitor, "How Taliban are evolving to compete in Afghanistan," 27 Oct. 2017 Suncor can cover its dividend and its sustaining capital at $40 oil, spokeswoman Sneh Seetal said. — Kevin Orland, Bloomberg.com, "Rout Tests World's No. 3 Oil Reserves After Shell Decamps," 22 June 2017 Vice wrote an account about the 1956 construction of the Kelly Butte Civil Defense building, the nation's first completely underground, self-sustaining emergency operations center. — Janet Eastman, OregonLive.com, "A bomb shelter for your backyard or basement? (photos)," 12 June 2017 Biosphere 2, the self-contained, self-sustaining world-in-a-bubble built to support ecological research but doomed by technical failures and unforeseen problems, has been sold for $50 million to CDO Ranching & Development. — Brandon Keim, WIRED, "Home Developer Buys Biosphere 2," 6 June 2007These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'sustaining.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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