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sustaining
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sustaining
aid, backing, bearing, bolstering, bracing, burdened, buttressing, carriage, carrying, holding, maintaining, maintenance, moral support, propping, psychological support, reliance, security blanket, shoring, subsidy, subvention, support, supporting, supportive, supportive relationship, supportive therapy, suspensory, sustainment, sustenance, sustentation, sustentative, upholding, upkeepFor further exploring for "sustaining" in Webster Dictionary Online