linchpin
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Trade is another linchpin to this week’s superpower summit.
From MarketWatch • May 13, 2026
But in retrospect, that was a linchpin moment that allowed us to stick around.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 30, 2026
Mexican and Canadian negotiators are sitting down to review the North American free-trade pact — a linchpin in Mexico’s export-dependent economy.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 26, 2026
Vitol plays a linchpin role in the global economy as one of a handful of companies connecting far-flung energy producers and users and managing the movement of billions of dollars of oil and other commodities.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 12, 2026
Oppenheimer’s dissembling would be exploited by Strauss and Robb to discredit virtually his every word, becoming a linchpin of the campaign to destroy him.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
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