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Example Sentences

“Despite these challenges, our professional peace officers remain committed to maintaining the highest level of professionalism while upholding their sworn duties.”

“I am alarmed that the civil rights of these detainees are not being upheld,” the employee wrote in a two-page letter attached to the senators’ request.

America has long espoused values like equality, fairness, and justice, without fully upholding them for all its citizens.

From Salon

The appellate court also cited Peck in its unpublished decision upholding Freeman’s decision last year.

The Pacific Palisades Assn. bought 1,100 acres of land, leasing lots to residents to whom they promised to uphold “moral control.”

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What are other ways to say uphold?

To uphold applies especially to supporting or backing another, as in a statement, opinion, or belief: to uphold the rights of a minority. To support is to hold up or add strength to, literally or figuratively: The columns support the roof. To maintain is to support so as to preserve intact: to maintain an attitude of defiance. To sustain, a rather elevated word, suggests completeness and adequacy in supporting: The court sustained his claim. 

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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