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is buttressed
noun
A brick or stone structure built against another structure to support it.
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Mr. Barnett's book is buttressed by literary anecdote and quotation.
Its political system is nasty and undemocratic, but it is buttressed, not undermined, by the embargo.
It is buttressed by the Western concept of intellectual property rights as secured by copyright law.
The general managers' satisfaction with current rules is buttressed by the N.H.L.'s own statistics.
However, Bowe says that independence of her role is buttressed through European legislation.
It is buttressed by a vigorously independent media and a noisy political opposition.
In the popular imagination, the black market is buttressed by large metal cases of cash.
Its bond market is buttressed by a loyal following of domestic investors who buy about half its debt.
This point of view is buttressed by powerful domestic constituencies, including Christian fundamentalists as well as American Jews.
This memory is buttressed by an intellectual fear: unions, to Mr Blair, mean the protection of insiders against outsiders.
Uganda's economy is one of the fastest growing in Africa, although it is buttressed by substantial donor assistance.
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