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
Their squad has remained deep and strong despite the two-year hiatus, with England keystones Maro Itoje, Owen Farrell, Jamie George and Billy Vunipola still in place.
From BBC • Dec. 9, 2022
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
No screwdrivers or glue solvents are needed to pry loose a broken keyboard or peel off a cracked screen; both components simply pop free after a pair of keystones holding them in place are removed.
From The Verge • Dec. 14, 2021
The keystone has the merchant's mark of Gresham, and the keystones of the side arches the arms of the merchant adventurers of his day, and the staple of Calais.
From Old and New London Volume I by Thornbury, Walter
