backup
Example Sentences
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AI chip design companies, including Google and Nvidia, are using Intel as a backup manufacturer for advanced processors, a report says.
From Barron's • Jun. 8, 2026
Having previously attended Irish festivals which have contingency plans for rain, Cashell says crowds were left "confused as to how there was no backup plan".
From BBC • Jun. 5, 2026
Last month, Wilson told the New York Post that he received an offer from the New York Jets to serve as a backup to quarterback Geno Smith.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 4, 2026
Having a portfolio that is 100% in individual stocks sounds about as risky to me as you can get, especially at 73, with no partner for backup, and living in seemingly permanent economic instability.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 3, 2026
Yet somehow the wicked eraser managed to stay alive, managed even to crawl through the front lines, only to be greeted by the backup platoon.
From "Wringer" by Jerry Spinelli
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Computer Science and Technology - Introductory
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