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backbone

[bak-bohn] / ˈbækˌboʊn /


NOUN
spinal column of vertebrate
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It is "a backbone of the web", according to security firm Wiz Research, which says it used AI to find vulnerabilities hidden in PHP for more than a decade.

From Barron's ● Oct. 22, 2026

The researchers examined 27 fossilized vertebrae, the individual bones that make up a snake's backbone.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 14, 2026

America’s manufacturing sector employs some 13 million people and forms the backbone of our nation’s supply chain, including for national defense goods.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026

In the Dodgers’ quest for a third straight World Series title, the rotation is going to have to serve as the backbone.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 10, 2026

I had wondered about this when I was drawing the backbone in my sketchbook.

From "The Line Tender" by Kate Allen

The chart shows strongly performing security and infrastructure, which provides “critical data backbones, compute pipelines and complex protection systems that generative models actively expand rather than displace.”

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 27, 2026

"Big pharma's GLP-1 backbones are already excellent," Eastman said.

From Science Daily ● Apr. 28, 2026

For decades, palaeontologists believed that the largest ocean predators were vertebrates with backbones such as fish and reptiles while invertebrates like octopuses and squid played supporting roles.

From BBC ● Apr. 23, 2026

Animals without a backbones evolved first, around 700 million years ago.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 21, 2025

In the lethargy of her pregnancy, Amaranta Úrsula tried to set up a business in necklaces made out of the backbones of fish.

From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez


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