linchpin
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In 2018, the company purchased Azimuth Security and Linchpin Labs, two Australian cyber firms that Vice reported had sold zero day exploits to the Five Eyes countries.
From New York Times • Jul. 10, 2022
Linchpin Jairus Lyles turned down the chance to transfer into big-time college hoops so that he could max out his legacy at the Catonsville school, as John Feinstein wrote earlier this season.
From Washington Post • Mar. 16, 2018
Linchpin of that line is 6-4, 320-pound nose tackle Star Lotulelei, who won the Morris Trophy as the Pac-12's best defensive lineman.
From Seattle Times • Aug. 15, 2012
Godin: Since writing Linchpin I’m focused on encouraging people to do work that matters.
From Inc • Oct. 5, 2010
Linchpin, linsh′pin, n. a pin used to keep the wheel of a carriage on the axle-tree.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) by Various
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