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sustainings

sustainings is the plural of sustaining.

Meaning of sustaining

Noun

sustaining (plural sustainings)

  1. The process by which something is sustained or upheld.
    • Beginnings are very different from sustainings; the irregular, often violent, and improvised actions of the founder hero must be succeeded by the regular election of leaders according to law.2012, Alan Ryan, On Politics

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Questions about sustainings

What is sustainings the plural of?
Sustainings is the plural of sustaining.

Words near sustainings in the dictionary

  1. sustaining program
  2. sustaining programme
  3. sustaining programmes
  4. sustaining programs
  5. sustainingly
  6. sustainings
  7. sustainment
  8. sustainments
  9. sustains
  10. sustainwash
  11. sustainwashed

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