keystones
Example Sentences
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One can’t make a list like this without including the keystones of modern detective fiction.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 17, 2025
"Independence and transparency are the keystones of our work," says Prof Vieira.
From BBC • Mar. 24, 2023
With its tall ceiling, round arches, chandeliers and decorated friezes, plus its famed white glazed terra-cotta facade adorned with festoons, cornices and Corinthian keystones, the building certainly has the pomp of a grand museum.
From Seattle Times • Mar. 21, 2023
The island’s semiconductor industry is an increasingly indispensable node in the global supply chains for smartphones, cars and other keystones of modern life.
From New York Times • Aug. 12, 2022
“Yes–and you know what happened to Him,” sneered the Courts, which are the keystones of government in the structure of civilization.
From In the Heart of a Fool by White, William Allen
