backup
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Jack Hughes showed the Americans' class when he scored off the pad of Denmark backup goalie Frederik Dickow after rounding a Danish defender and skating behind the net before firing his shot.
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"The market will likely remain difficult for years, not just months, so we need backup plans."
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Documents showed that Epstein had listed Ruemmler as a backup executor in a version of his will and called her the night he was arrested in 2019.
Its gas-powered generators have been attractive backup power sources for AI data centers.
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Ahead of the storm, the Energy Department ordered grid operators to be prepared to take extraordinary steps to tap in to backup power generation at data centers or manufacturers.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.