Sentence examples for the uphold from inspiring English sources
verb
To hold up; to lift on high; to elevate.
The "uphold rate" for PPI cases – where the complaint is found in favour of the customer – was 57%.
With packaged account complaints the "uphold rate" – where the ombudsman finds in the customer's favour – is just 10%.
It is a pact that American arms control experts have scrambled to shape and that the White House believes may be the best way to the uphold prohibitions against the use of poison gas without resorting to military force.
It indicated there may have been an increase in the number of people 'trying it on': the "uphold rate" – where the ombudsman finds in the customer's favour – was 51%, down from 55% in 2014-15.
However, the banks are likely to be cheered by the ombudsman's disclosure that with packaged account complaints, the "uphold rate" – where it finds in the customer's favour – is just 10%, compared with an average rate for financial products of 57%.
Around half of complaints about PPI come from controversial "claims management companies" but the ombudsman said there was no significant difference between the uphold rates compared to complaints that were lodged by individual customers.
The court upheld the decision of the Tenth Circuit Court.
The court upheld the conviction.
The judge upheld the summons.
The Supreme Court upheld the ruling.
Even so, the judge upheld the verdicts.
