backbone

Example Sentences

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Nearby, the community has erected several artificial beehives to boost honey production, which forms the backbone of the local economy.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 9, 2026

Anti-gang units, officials say, form the backbone of the department’s crime fighting efforts in neighborhoods plagued by gang violence.

From Los Angeles Times • May 7, 2026

The corridor's backbone is the historic Benguela railway, which runs west to east from Lobito to the Congolese border.

From Barron's • May 7, 2026

Differential equations are the backbone of scientific modeling.

From Science Daily • May 6, 2026

With the bases facing outside, there had been no trouble fitting them: they had simply circled around the central backbone, like a spiral rosette.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee