The project succeeded and lent credence to the idea of collectives.

These findings lent support to the idea that biodiversity is valuable.

So, wouldn't it stir things up to lend some support to the idea of a Guardian Council!

It lends a whole new meaning to the idea of giving one's body to science.

The army also carried landing craft to lend verisimilitude to the idea.

That term lent its name to the whole idea of vaccination.

This and other work lends substantial support to the idea that a tendency to obesity is to a large degree genetic.

Some circumstances lend plausibility to the idea that the name is a corruption.

And the research lends credence to the idea of killer trees.

At the least, the chancellor might be pressured to lend his support to the idea that the mayor should control the school construction budget.