backup
Example Sentences
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AI chip design companies, including Google and Nvidia, are using Intel as a backup manufacturer for advanced processors, a report says.
From Barron's • Jun. 8, 2026
Selected by the Bulls at No. 6 overall in the 1989 draft, King became mainly a backup on a team that starred Michael Jordan and Scottie Pippen and won three consecutive championships from 1991-1993.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 8, 2026
Having previously attended Irish festivals which have contingency plans for rain, Cashell says crowds were left "confused as to how there was no backup plan".
From BBC • Jun. 5, 2026
Having a portfolio that is 100% in individual stocks sounds about as risky to me as you can get, especially at 73, with no partner for backup, and living in seemingly permanent economic instability.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 3, 2026
When the prolonged shaking knocked out power lines, backup generators clicked on to run the plant’s instrument panels and keep critical coolant moving through the reactors.
From "Meltdown" by Deirdre Langeland
Vocabulary lists containing backup
Computer Science and Technology - Introductory
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Computer Science and Technology - High School
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