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- Now that the encounter with Dr. Cable was over, her anger and defiance were fading, and there was nothing left to sustain her.
p. 108.1 *sustain = support
- Renewable energy, sustainable resources, a fixed population.
p. 330.6 *sustainable = capable of continuing through timestandard suffix: The suffix "-able" means able to be. This is the same pattern you see in words like breakable, understandable, and comfortable.
Definitions:
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(sustain as in: sustained by her faith) provide support or necessities
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(sustain as in: sustained through the ages) to continue through time
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(sustain as in: sustained wounds) to suffer (as of injury, damage, or loss)
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(meaning too rare to warrant focus) Less commonly, sustained can be voiced by a judge in a court of law to indicate that an objection is upheld.