keystones
Example Sentences
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One can’t make a list like this without including the keystones of modern detective fiction.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 17, 2025
But it was clear through the rain at the Stade de France, that some of the keystones of a new England are already in place.
From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2023
The island’s semiconductor industry is an increasingly indispensable node in the global supply chains for smartphones, cars and other keystones of modern life.
From New York Times ● Aug. 12, 2022
No screwdrivers or glue solvents are needed to pry loose a broken keyboard or peel off a cracked screen; both components simply pop free after a pair of keystones holding them in place are removed.
From The Verge ● Dec. 14, 2021
On the upper209 story the windows are twenty-four-paned and square-headed with gauged brick arches and marble keystones.
From The Colonial Architecture of Philadelphia by Cousins, Frank