well-supported

adjective

1. having good physical support

   a sofa in which your back is well supported

2. having a lot of support or encouragement

   friendly matches were less well supported

3. substantially upheld by evidence or facts

   many well-supported theories

Example Sentences

Based on a biography by Glenn Stout that contains some pretty provocative and reasonably well-supported theories about the ups and downs of her career, this Disney movie runs with those theories hard.

From New York Times

Not coincidentally, Quattrini and Catherine McFadden with Harvey Mudd College had completed an extremely detailed, well-supported evolutionary tree of the octocorals in 2022.

From Science Daily

“The money involved is not unlike what goes into a well-funded orchestra or regional hospital or a well-supported local university.”

From Seattle Times

Honig added that Butler’s testimony is “well-supported, corroborated by documents, by certain text chains that are referenced in the indictment, and by testimony of some of the defendants themselves.”

From Salon

Encouraging older adults to be more active as part of healthy aging is sound advice well-supported by scientific evidence.

From Science Daily