backstop
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“The extent to which all the leading chip vendors are having to provide funding and/or backstops to their customers points to the industry’s strain.”
From MarketWatch • Apr. 8, 2026
But he also stresses that overwhelming participation and public organizing are the ultimate backstops if election results are contested.
From Slate • Mar. 28, 2026
Paramount says billionaire Larry Ellison is agreeing to personally guarantee $40.4 billion of equity financing for the deal and publish records related to the family trust that backstops the deal.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 23, 2025
It is clean accountability and fewer conflicts when supervision and backstops intersect.
From Barron's • Dec. 10, 2025
The field and surrounding asphalt track were covered with glass from broken bottles, and there were no soccer goals, only a couple of rusting chain-link backstops.
From "Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference" by Warren St. John
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