backbone

Example Sentences

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"India's informal sector remains the backbone of waste collection and sorting," he told AFP.

From Barron's

Betteridge said that continued to acknowledge that "carers are real, they really are the backbone of the island's care system".

From BBC

For now, U.S. shale remains the backbone of American oil supply.

From MarketWatch

“You have to make sure that safety is the backbone of this city.”

From Los Angeles Times

The small- and medium-sized firms who make up the backbone of the German economy do not always have the same firepower however, and in some cases are feeling the pain more.

From Barron's