backbone
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Sun Microsystems powered the internet’s backbone and gave the world Java.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 20, 2026
What underpins this is a determination to tear up two formulas that have long formed the backbone of how UK governments allocate money.
From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026
Taliban authorities have vowed to boost economic self-sufficiency and move off a reliance on foreign aid, which once formed the backbone of the previous US-backed government's finances.
From Barron's ● Jul. 12, 2026
Once blended smooth, it becomes a blank canvas with a little backbone.
From Salon ● Jul. 8, 2026
One couldn’t be sure, but the impression was there that any model placing the sugar-phosphate backbone in the center of a helix forced atoms closer together than the laws of chemistry allowed.
From "Double Helix" by James D. Watson
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
Sure, almost any old union would boost wages and straighten out some backbones here, but I know that even the most energetic and democratic unions bear careful watching by their members.
From "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America" by Barbara Ehrenreich
