backbone
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What underpins this is a determination to tear up two formulas that have long formed the backbone of how UK governments allocate money.
From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026
The mythic backbone of “Avatar” is in many ways just as simple.
From Salon ● Jul. 8, 2026
The brokerage likes the company for its structural transformation and support from its parents’ international and domestic backbone network.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 2, 2026
Small companies that form the backbone of the German economy are struggling with the shift to carbon-neutral production, which adds extra costs when they are already battling high power prices and a broader slowdown.
From Barron's ● Jul. 2, 2026
His arms were forged of steel, his backbone was the railroad, and in his veins was the coal that powered them both.
From "Ophie's Ghosts" by Justina Ireland
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
“If you look at the collection of companies that ultimately formed Lumen, the underlying technologies and backbones were never integrated,” he said.
From MarketWatch ● Mar. 16, 2026
Scientists at the University of St Andrews have identified an important missing piece in understanding how animals with backbones first evolved.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 4, 2026
Animals without a backbones evolved first, around 700 million years ago.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 21, 2025
Metaphors like those about celestial campfires or galactic backbones were eventually replaced in most human cultures by another idea; The powerful beings in the sky were promoted to gods.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
