backup

Example Sentences

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At the same time, manual backup procedures are being eliminated to improve efficiency.

From Science Daily • Apr. 5, 2026

Although it appeared to acknowledge the server had been taken down, it said that was necessary for the backup to be restored.

From BBC • Apr. 3, 2026

Pinon said the government would have to decide whether to use the fuel for backup power generators or for the buses, tractors and trains needed to keep the economy going for two weeks.

From Barron's • Mar. 29, 2026

The effective closure has led to a backup of vessels confined in the Persian Gulf that had already loaded crude oil, reducing the availability of global tanker capacity, the EIA says.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026

There were a few more shouts, and she looked down long enough to see that Grave was causing a backup because he couldn’t manage to toss his rope around the gargoyle’s neck as Cain had.

From "Throne of Glass" by Sarah J. Maas