backbone
Example Sentences
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Strong earnings growth has been the backbone of the Dow’s record rally.
Compare that with Elon Musk’s SpaceX Starship, which can lift 150 metric tons and will be the backbone of Artemis III, with more upgrades in the works.
Hearty elements give the soup its backbone—potatoes, rice, dumplings, lentils, beans, even torn bread—ingredients that make a bowl feel like a meal.
From Salon
Substations, which control the flow of electricity, and overhead power lines that "form the backbone of Ukraine's power grid" were targeted, Shmyhal said.
From BBC
That commitment is seen by many in Warsaw as the backbone of the U.S.-Polish relationship.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
