backset
Example Sentences
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Shares of the world’s largest tech companies have taken a backset this year to beneficiaries of their artificial-intelligence spending blitz, with semiconductor stocks taking a leading role in driving the market higher.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 24, 2026
One key measurement is the backset: the distance from the edge of the door to the center of the handle.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 22, 2019
He did a good job protecting the backset and blocking shots.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 25, 2012
Its backset, however, is caught in the yawning mouth of the race.
From Historic Waterways?Six Hundred Miles of Canoeing Down the Rock, Fox, and Wisconsin Rivers by Reuben Gold Thwaites
Of course such a backset could not long deter Percy from flying.
From The Airplane Boys among the Clouds or, Young Aviators in a Wreck by John Luther Langworthy
