backbone
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It has enough backbone for the journey without requiring the determined chewing that makes lunch feel like a mandibular endurance event.
From Salon ● Jul. 30, 2026
Earlier, Stokes bowled nine overs but failed to take a wicket as Derbyshire's Martin Andersson's well-measured century formed the backbone of the Falcons' 256-9.
From BBC ● Jul. 21, 2026
Sun Microsystems powered the internet’s backbone and gave the world Java.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 20, 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
But with the sugar-phosphate backbone on the outside, it did not matter which salt was present.
From "Double Helix" by James D. Watson
"Big pharma's GLP-1 backbones are already excellent," Eastman said.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 28, 2026
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
Animals without a backbones evolved first, around 700 million years ago.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 21, 2025
In the case of mammals, reptiles, and fish, it would be that they all have backbones.
From "Auggie & Me" by R. J. Palacio
