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backbone

[bak-bohn] / ˈbækˌboʊn /


NOUN
spinal column of vertebrate
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On Friday, John Jumper, a senior research scientist and Nobel Prize winner, said he was leaving Google DeepMind, Alphabet’s AI backbone, for Anthropic.

From Barron's • Jun. 23, 2026

Data centers are the backbone of the modern economy, powering everything from telehealth and banking to AI.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 19, 2026

Memory chips are the storage and processing backbone of virtually every electronic device, from smartphones to the AI data centers now consuming those chips at record rates.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 18, 2026

“Volunteers are the backbone of the Games,” LA28 chief executive officer Reynold Hoover said in a statement.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 15, 2026

By the time they had tightened, pinned, and locked me into my clothes, I could feel my stomach rubbing against my backbone.

From "Fever 1793" by Laurie Halse Anderson




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