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Definitions for SUSTAINED
sus·tained

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. sustainedadjective

    maintained at length without interruption or weakening

    "sustained flight"

  2. free burning, sustainedadjective

    (of an electric arc) continuous

    "heat transfer to the anode in free burning arcs"

Wiktionary

  1. sustainedadjective

    held continuously at a certain level

  2. sustainedadjective

    held at a certain pitch

Wikipedia

  1. sustained

    Sustain is a parameter of musical sound in time.

ChatGPT

  1. sustained

    Sustained generally means continuing or maintained at length without interruption or weakening. It is often used to describe something that is steady, constant, prolonged or extended over a certain period of time. This term can be applied in various contexts such as sustained effort, sustained growth, sustained attention, etc.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Sustained

    of Sustain

  2. Sustainedadjective

    held up to a certain pitch, degree, or level; uniform; as, sustained pasion; a sustained style of writing; a sustained note in music

Editors Contribution

  1. sustained

    At a moderate level with an accurate amount or number.

    They had a sustained way of living.


    Submitted by MaryC on February 13, 2020  

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of SUSTAINED in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of SUSTAINED in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of SUSTAINED in a Sentence

  1. David Rutley:

    According to The GBGB, roughly a quarter of the dogs were given new homes and 60 percent were taken into a greyhound charity. Trudy Baker, coordinator of Greyt Exploitations, a nonprofit aimed to protect greyhounds, says even when the dogs were retired, they stayed in a dangerous environment. VOLUNTEERS WORK TO RESCUE MORE THAN 500 GREYHOUNDS SET FOR CHINESE MEAT MARKET The truth is hundreds of dogs listed as retired by The GBGB still remain in a commercial environment, confined to trainers kennels that have failed to comply with an agreed British Standard Institute specification, either used for breeding, forced to routinely donate blood or simply awaiting rehoming, Trudy Baker said.No amount of ineffective window dressing welfare commitments will address the suffering and deaths of thousands of dogs racing on dangerously configured tracks. Mark Bird, the managing director at The GBGB, says the industry needs increased and sustained funding to allow welfare programs to flourish for the greyhounds. For others, transparency is key to helping the greyhounds. Transparency is key to understanding how we can improve welfare standards... We want more greyhounds to find new homes and to enjoy a healthy retirement when they leave the sport.

  2. Edward Jegasothy:

    When air pollution is short, it's easy to tell people, give people advice about how to avoid it, stay indoors, avoid physical activity, but when it's sustained over a number of days or weeks, then the messaging becomes more complicated.

  3. Oakbay Resources:

    This decision follows a sustained political attack on the Company, and the concern that the jobs and livelihoods of nearly one thousand employees would be at immediate risk as a result of the outgoing director's association with the company.

  4. Oprah Winfrey:

    I define joy as a sustained sense of well-being and internal peace - a connection to what matters.

  5. State Pompeo:

    Relief from our efforts will only come when we see tangible, demonstrated, and sustained shifts in Tehran’s policies.

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    a deliberately offensive act or something producing the effect of deliberate disrespect
    A scarper
    B affront
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