linchpin
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Joshua trees also play a key role as a linchpin of the Mojave Desert ecosystem.
From Los Angeles Times • May 19, 2026
Trade is another linchpin to this week’s superpower summit.
From MarketWatch • May 13, 2026
It’s an expensive extension of Adidas’s ongoing “You Got This” campaign and the linchpin of a global World Cup marketing effort that the German sports brand hopes will turbocharge U.S. sales in particular.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 6, 2026
He will be among the negotiators at the helm of high-stakes talks already underway to renew the North American free trade accord, a linchpin of Mexico’s export-dominated economy.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 14, 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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