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  1. Upholds

    Plural form of Uphold.

    Court upholds Minnesota law letting union rep Medicaid home care.


    Submitted by anonymous on August 16, 2018  


  2. Upholds

    支持する in Japanese.


    Submitted by anonymous on June 23, 2019  

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  1. holds up

  2. holdups

  3. hold-ups

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of upholds in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of upholds in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of upholds in a Sentence

  1. Jerry Nadler:

    I see no need to resort to the criminal contempt statute to enforce our April 19 subpoena, at least for now, so long as Justice Department upholds Justice Department end of the bargain, but our arrangement with Justice Department does not extend to the full scope of our request for the full Mueller report and its underlying materials, including grand jury information, nor does it extend to our demand that Don McGahn, Don McGahn, testify before Judiciary Committee.

  2. Alejandro Mayorkas:

    Well, we are devoting tremendous resources to address the border in a way that achieves its security and upholds its values, we are modernizing our systems at the border to expedite processing, bringing greater efficiency to it. We are intensely focused on this mission set, just as we are intensely focused on the mission sets that we confront as a department from top to bottom.

  3. Kristen Korte:

    He upholds the Constitution. He's backing the police and helping with all the violence and destruction and the killing from the riots and everything. I could go on and on.

  4. Kristen Korte:

    What doesnt make him the better candidate? he upholds the Constitution. He's backing the police and helping with all the violence and destruction and the killing from the riots and everything. I could go on and on.

  5. The Waco Tribune-Herald:

    Acts of sexual violence contradict every value Baylor University upholds as a caring Christian community. In recent years we have joined university efforts nationally to prevent campus violence against women and sexual assault, to actively support survivors of sexual assault with compassion and care, and to take action against perpetrators. We have established and fully staffed a Title IX office that employs a Title IX Coordinator and two full-time investigators. Maintaining a safe and caring community is central to Baylor's mission and at the heart of our commitment to our students, faculty and staff.

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