Maintaining
Stand and maintaining are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Stand" instead a noun "Maintaining".
Stand
Stand noun - A level usually raised surface.
Maintaining and stand are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Maintaining" instead a noun "Stand".
Both words in one sentence
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Fortunately there's a whole industry in maintaining your privacy, so this doesn't stand out.
Source: Film / Gattaca -
He also forces his daughter to stand out like a sore thumb and restricts her relationships in the name of maintaining her cultural identity and not getting too assimilated in American culture.
Source: Series / Cory in the House -
In the Crystal Empire episode arc, Cadence exhausts herself maintaining the force field repelling King Sombra, to the point that she can barely stand.
Source: Heroic R.R.O.D.
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