backup
Example Sentences
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A year later, as Haden’s backup, he threw just a few more passes, the last in a one-sided loss to the Cowboys in the NFC championship game.
From Los Angeles Times
The shipper said in a statement that it had backup plans in place for the safety of employees and to minimize any impact on service.
From Barron's
Briefly, Bailey Zappe, one of his backups, stirred up optimism before fizzling out.
The Energy Department late Thursday ordered grid operators to be prepared to take extraordinary steps to tap in to backup power generation.
The energy secretary sent energy reliability coordinators and balancing authorities a letter Thursday telling them that the DOE would make backup power available to address what he calls a “national energy emergency.”
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
