backbone

Example Sentences

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There’s doubt massive tankers, once the backbone of global crude flows, will be returning in quite the same numbers to the Middle East.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 1, 2026

What it will do is add a savory backbone that makes the entire skillet taste like you spent much longer cooking than you actually did.

From Salon • May 19, 2026

Instead of relying entirely on electrons, which have formed the backbone of computers since the 1940s, scientists are now turning to light.

From Science Daily • May 19, 2026

"Pollution is killing livestock farming and grape harvests, once the backbone of the local economy," he said.

From Barron's • May 15, 2026

In addition, she thought there was evidence that the sugar-phosphate backbone was on the outside of the molecule.

From "Double Helix" by James D. Watson