backup
Example Sentences
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The more she said things like that, the more I thought about my backup plan.
From Literature
The roughly 40 data centers, which had been using enough electricity to supply more than one million homes, simultaneously switched to backup power sources in February 2025, when a high-voltage power line malfunctioned.
The backup power provider missed earnings expectations for the fourth quarter due to a lack of power outages and lower shipments of home and portable generators.
From Barron's
The backup power provider missed earnings expectations for the fourth quarter due to a lack of power outages and lower shipments of home and portable generators.
From Barron's
Neville, who won an Oscar directing a documentary about backup singers, “20 Feet From Stardom,” hoped to understand how McCartney battled those odds.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
