backbone

Example Sentences

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Anti-gang units, officials say, form the backbone of the department’s crime fighting efforts in neighborhoods plagued by gang violence.

From Los Angeles Times • May 7, 2026

Differential equations are the backbone of scientific modeling.

From Science Daily • May 6, 2026

The headlines focus on apps, but the big money is flowing to agentic AI’s boring industrial backbone.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 30, 2026

Following the death of their leader Yevgeni Prigozhin in 2023, most of the group's operations were taken over by the Russian defence ministry, which provided the backbone to the newly-created Africa Corps.

From BBC • Apr. 27, 2026

Clusters of birds were perched along its broken backbone, watching us as we blew past the stop sign and turned the corner.

From "The Darkest Minds" by Alexandra Bracken