backbone
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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
The bout was billed as a classic grappler versus striker match-up, with Makhachev's signature wrestling providing the backbone for his dominant run in the UFC.
From BBC ● Aug. 16, 2026
It wasn’t accidental how the Appalachian Trail became my family’s backbone.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 15, 2026
The seven thermal power plants that form the national grid's backbone have all been in operation for more than 40 years, and are in various states of disrepair.
From Barron's ● Aug. 2, 2026
Her next words jarred his stomach loose from his backbone.
From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck
The chart shows strongly performing security and infrastructure, which provides “critical data backbones, compute pipelines and complex protection systems that generative models actively expand rather than displace.”
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 27, 2026
Data centers also need to be close enough to users and network backbones to provide fast digital services.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 19, 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
Animals without a backbones evolved first, around 700 million years ago.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 21, 2025
At the same time, it strongly suggested that the backbones of the two chains must run in opposite directions.
From "Double Helix" by James D. Watson
