Synonyms for sustained
sus·tained

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1. sustainedadjective

   maintained at length without interruption or weakening

   "sustained flight"

   Synonyms:
   free burning

   Antonyms:
   noncontinuous, discontinuous

2. free burning, sustainedadjective

   (of an electric arc) continuous

   "heat transfer to the anode in free burning arcs"

   Synonyms:
   free burning

   Antonyms:
   discontinuous, noncontinuous

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1. List of paraphrases for "sustained":

   sustainable, supported, steady, continuing, continuous, lasting, continued, suffered, maintained, durable, constant, ongoing, persistent, argued, backed, incurred, underpinned, prolonged, protracted, enduring, continual, maintain

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1. Ron DeSantis:

   You look at how this disease is transmitted, it's transmitted overwhelmingly when you are in close, sustained contact with people, usually in an indoor environment, going forward, we got to be promoting people to get exercise, do it in a good way, to do it in a safe way.

2. Matt Schlapp:

   Conservatives are really hungry for someone who is outside Washington, somebody who has not been on the treadmill of government, someone who will take on Washington and break up all these old models, i think we should move beyond the idea that Donald Trump is a flash in the pan. He is demonstrating that he is a real candidate who has sustained support.

3. Don DeLillo:

   The figure of the gunman in the window was inextricable from the victim and his history. This sustained Oswald in his cell. It gave him what he needed to live. The more time he spent in a cell, the stronger he would get. Everybody knew who he was now.

4. Zhang Xiangchen:

   Our outbound investment has maintained a double-digit growth rate, and this trend will be sustained in future.

5. Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda:

   Women and girls continue to bear the brunt of sustained attacks on innocent civilians, victims of rapes are asking themselves how many more women should be brutally attacked for this council to appreciate the magnitude of their plight.