Supporting
Supporting adjective - Serving to give support to the truth or factualness of something.
Under and supporting are semantically related in position topic. In some cases you can use "Under" instead the word "Supporting" as an adjective or an adverb.
Under
Under adjective - Located below or beneath something else.
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
- Speaking fluent Chinese and Japanese, she became an actress and singer under the name Li Xianglan, and played Chinese women in propaganda films supporting the Japanese position.
Source: Interchangeable Asian Cultures -
Which is rather odd, since two books earlier he had done a lightsaber throw under similar circumstances and hit his target (a pillar supporting an archway).
Source: Throwing Your Sword Always Works - Under the name of Olaf the Swede, he has a major supporting role in the 13th century Heimskringla, particularly in the sagas of Olaf Tryggvason and Saint Olaf.
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