backstop
Example Sentences
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Coal still accounts for more than half of China’s domestic energy mix and provides a reliable domestic energy backstop, they say, adding that Beijing could ramp up domestic coal production in the coming weeks.
Coal still accounts for more than half of China’s domestic energy mix and provides a reliable domestic energy backstop, they say, adding that Beijing could ramp up domestic coal production in the coming weeks.
The ombudsman’s office, which she described as the “backstop” of the system because it handled complaints, was cut nearly in half.
From MarketWatch
This government-funded backstop will be fronted by American insurers, officials said.
This would increase the risk and costs for taxpayers who backstop mortgages.
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