Synonyms for sustains
sus·tains

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1. List of paraphrases for "sustains":

   maintains, supports, underpins, perpetuates

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1. Alexandre Antonelli:

   The implications of this study for the Amazon are terrifying, unless urgent action is taken now, we may be on the brink of losing the world's largest and most biodiverse rainforest, which has evolved for at least 58 million years and sustains the lives of tens of millions of people.

2. Bill Downe:

   We're not seeing increases in delinquencies yet. There's likely salary continuation among laid off workers in the oil sector. There are many two-earner families. That sustains people in a downturn.

3. Francis Cardinal George, OMI:

   The God who is Lord of the universe, the personal God who created and sustains our world so that it does not fall back into nothingness, the God who saves us through the passion, death and resurrection of Jesus Christ, seeks to be the center of each and every human life.

4. Pope Francis:

   I want to ask you all for a special prayer for Pope Emeritus Benedict who sustains the Church in his silence. He is very sick. We ask the Lord to console and sustain him in this witness of love for the Church to the very end.

5. Mehbooba Mufti:

   This brings great relief to the people residing in the vicinity, peace on our borders is the first essential step to a larger understanding and I truly hope it sustains.