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"propping up" is an acceptable phrase to use in written English.
You can use it when referring to figurative or literal support, such as the support that a pole provides when propping up a wall. For example, you could say, "The international community has been propping up the economy since the recession began."
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Propping up prices is not the solution.
"He is propping up a crumbling empire.
Theatre is propping up our cinemas.
Propping up zombie banks debilitates the whole economy.
But the cost of propping up sales was high.
So if the Fed has been propping up the economy, has it also been propping up inequality?
Rather than private patients propping up the NHS, it is the NHS that is propping up the private sector.
He is not just propping up a viable thing.
Placer responded that its bid was propping up Aurion's stock.
Lipstick alone is not propping up the patriarchy.
Meanwhile, corporate bankers were propping up the company.
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