backup
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And is there a backup if that firm is no longer around?
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 21, 2026
In July, Vantage Data Centers experienced a critical power failure at its data-center campus in Loudoun County, Va., forcing the operator to switch over to diesel backup power for about a day, a spokesperson confirmed.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 2026
The digital bank posted on X, external it had "identified some issues" and activated a stand-in backup service which meant users could still make transactions like card payments and sending and receiving bank transfers.
From BBC ● Aug. 19, 2026
For his part, Ronald Khosla happened to keep up a yearly habit of storing all Canopy data in an external hard drive, because “Microsoft does not make backup easy,” he told me.
From Slate ● Aug. 18, 2026
I take the third backup into my hand.
From "The Adoration of Jenna Fox" by Mary E. Pearson
We are also updating his estate-planning documents, and he plans to name my niece as his primary financial and healthcare agent, with her mother and me as backups.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 7, 2026
It was only a matter whether coach Jason Negro was going to use his backups to spread playing time.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 12, 2026
The backups that closed the group stage at SoFi Stadium for the U.S. with a 3-2 loss to Turkey served to remind everyone how flawed this group can be.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 1, 2026
Rose built a smart, unlikely championship roster around him, turning up-and-comers and midlevel stars into the perfect Brunson backups.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 14, 2026
By then the backups will be whisked away.
From "The Adoration of Jenna Fox" by Mary E. Pearson
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