backbone
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"Yes! My God, I have a backbone," she says.
From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2026
RNA also appears to hold fewer water molecules around its backbone than DNA.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 2, 2026
Tran said “small businesses are the backbone of our economy” and he would expand access to capital, contracts and business opportunities for entrepreneurs.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026
The payments to Leonard were facilitated through team sponsors, allowing the team to sidestep league rules about maximum compensation for players, the backbone of the NBA’s competitive structure.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026
Both were long chains made of four components, called bases, strung together along a stringlike chain or backbone.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
For decades, palaeontologists believed that the largest ocean predators were vertebrates with backbones such as fish and reptiles while invertebrates like octopuses and squid played supporting roles.
From BBC ● Apr. 23, 2026
“If you look at the collection of companies that ultimately formed Lumen, the underlying technologies and backbones were never integrated,” he said.
From MarketWatch ● Mar. 16, 2026
Scientists at the University of St Andrews have identified an important missing piece in understanding how animals with backbones first evolved.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 4, 2026
Animals without a backbones evolved first, around 700 million years ago.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 21, 2025
Turner sat on the stool, and he heard her settle backbones creaking and snapping.
From "Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy" by Gary D. Schmidt
