backbone

Example Sentences

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The company continues to show it is the manufacturing backbone of the AI era.

From Barron's • Jun. 11, 2026

Nvidia meanwhile can be the standardized technology backbone for autonomous vehicles that Uber can utilize and monetize, they say.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026

The road "is basically the backbone of Russian occupation in the south", Clément Molin, an analyst at the French-based think tank Atum Mundi, told the BBC.

From BBC • Jun. 8, 2026

A packet can lend instant backbone to a quick enchilada sauce, wake up a pan of chilaquiles or give nacho toppings a little extra swagger.

From Salon • Jun. 2, 2026

I knew how the backbone worked, which really wasn’t bones, and now I decided to try to make sense of the fins.

From "The Line Tender" by Kate Allen